La participación de los partidos en el gobierno (party government). Un análisis del caso de Chile
La participación de los partidos en el gobierno (party government). Un análisis del caso de Chile
Authors
Huneeus Madge, Carlos
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Date
2019-06-17
Datos de publicación:
10.7770/RCHDYCP-V9N1-ART1298
Keywords
Presidencialismo - Partidos políticos - Chile
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Abstract
El artículo analiza la participación de los partidos en los cuatro gobiernos de la Concertación en Chile (1990-2010), un tema conocido en la Ciencia
Política como party government. Esta participación estuvo influida por los rasgos institucionales del presidencialismo, con la centralidad decisoria del Presidente, por los cambios programáticos y organizativos llevado a cabo por partidos del
conglomerado durante la dictadura, en el contexto más amplio de las lecciones extraídas por la caída de la democracia en 1973, y por decisiones estratégicas de los gobiernos. Estas tuvieron amplias repercusiones en la agenda del gobierno, no solo porque impusieron la primacía de la política económica sobre la agenda pública y no consideró la naturaleza política de la gestión del gobierno sino, también, porque se les descuidó en esas tres dimensiones, que explica su debilitamiento electoral, organizativo y en sus capacidades para participar en el gobierno. El artículo entrega elementos conceptuales y empíricos para el análisis de un tema hasta ahora no considerado por los estudios del presidencialismo en América Latina
The article analyzes the participation of parties in the governments of the Concertación in Chile, a subject known in political science as party government. The characteristics of this participation, and its effects on government, depend on the institutional features of the presidential system, in which the president plays the central decision-making role. This is due to the nature of the State, in which power is fragmented into dozens of institutions, and to strategic decisions taken by governments in defining the policies that they promote – which in turn affect electoral support for parties and thus influence their organization. We analyze the impact of two decades of unbroken government on electoral support for the parties which make up the Concertación, and their organization. The article provides conceptual and empirical elements for the analysis of a topic not considered in studies of the presidential system in Latin America
The article analyzes the participation of parties in the governments of the Concertación in Chile, a subject known in political science as party government. The characteristics of this participation, and its effects on government, depend on the institutional features of the presidential system, in which the president plays the central decision-making role. This is due to the nature of the State, in which power is fragmented into dozens of institutions, and to strategic decisions taken by governments in defining the policies that they promote – which in turn affect electoral support for parties and thus influence their organization. We analyze the impact of two decades of unbroken government on electoral support for the parties which make up the Concertación, and their organization. The article provides conceptual and empirical elements for the analysis of a topic not considered in studies of the presidential system in Latin America