¿Por qué no presidencialismo?: El sistema de gobierno como explicación del bicameralismo

• Autores: Pedro Robson Pereira Neiva
• Localización: POSTData: Revista de Reflexión y Análisis Político, ISSN-e 1851-9601, Vol. 17, Nº. 1, 2012
• Idioma: español
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  • español

    Este artículo busca identificar los poderes de las cámaras altas localizadas en países que tengan un grado mínimo de democracia, así como los distintos factores que explican tales poderes. Mi sugerencia central es que el sistema de gobierno (no el régimen federal) es la variable explicativa principal para la fuerza política de las cámaras altas: ellas tienden a ser más fuertes en los sistemas presidencialistas y más débiles em los parlamentarios. Los datos también sugieren que, en los sistemas presidencialistas, las cámaras altas suelen tener una participación más efectiva en lo que llamo "asuntos de Estado" tales como defensa, política externa, seguridad interna, política monetaria, uso legítimo de la violencia, preservación del orden y aplicación de justicia.

  • English

    This article seeks to identify the powers of the upper houses in countries that have at least a minimum level of democracy, as well as respective factors that help explain them. My main suggestion is that the system of government is the primary variable capable of explaining the political force of those legislative houses and not the federative regime. Upper houses tend to be stronger in presidential systems and weaker in parliamentarian ones. The data also suggests that, in the former, the upper houses tend to have a more effective participation in what I am designating as "matters of the State", such as: defense, foreign policy, internal security, fiscal policies, the legitimate use of force, the maintenance of order and the activities of the Justice System.

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