Las reformas político-electorales en América Latina (2015-2018)

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ID6380941
AuthorsFlavia Freidenberg (0000-0001-9905-0777, Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales), Cristhian José Uribe Mendoza (0000-0003-0049-3258, Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales), Cristhian Uribe Mendoza
Year2019
Issue185
Pages191-223
Publication date2019-09-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista de Estudios Políticos (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0048-7694 • E-ISSN: 1885-6675
PublisherCentro de Estudios Constitucionales (PUBLISHER • ES)
DOI10.18042/cepc/rep.185.07
OpenAlexW2977213542
LanguageES
Citations received6
References cited16

Since the third wave of democratization (Huntington, 1994), at least 265 reforms have been made to key dimensions of electoral systems in the countries of Latin America. Despite this, reformist activism has not been enough to solve long-standing problems, including the under-representation of different social groups, the weak internal democracy of the parties, the lack of transparency in political financing, inequity in competition, bad electoral practices, and the shortcomings of electoral governance. This research seeks to identify the main tendencies of recent electoral reforms in 18 Latin American countries (2015-2018) with the intention of establishing whether the reformist agendas identified in previous research were maintained (1978-2015) (Freidenberg and Došek, 2016a). The study uses, the comparative database of the Observatory of Political Reforms in Latin America as its major source of evidence. The results show that, in the last three years, 23 new changes have focused mainly on correcting the unexpected effects of previous electoral reforms and, in some cases, expanding the rights of underrepresented segments of the population. In addition, it is argued that the current reformist agenda lacks innovative proposals that could allow us to glimpse new ways to strengthen democracy in the region

Political science · Political Dynamics in Latin America · Political Theory and Democracy · Public Policy and Governance

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