Ciudadanía, políticos y expertos en la toma de decisiones políticas: la percepción de las cualidades de los actores políticos importan

• Adrián del Río ; Clemente J. Navarro ^[1] ; Joan Font ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidad Pablo de Olavide

     Universidad Pablo de Olavide

     Sevilla, España

     
  2. [2] Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

     Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: REIS: Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, ISSN 0210-5233, Nº 154, 2016, págs. 83-102
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.5477/cis/reis.154.83
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Citizens, Politicians and Experts in Political Decision-Making: The Importance of Perceptions of the Qualities of Political Actors
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  • español

    ¿Qué factores explican que la ciudadanía prefiera políticos, ciudadanos o expertos en la toma de decisiones políticas? Este artículo demuestra que la falta de apoyo al sistema político desempeña un papel relevante. A su vez, encontramos que la valoración que hace la ciudadanía sobre las cualidades morales y técnicas de los actores tradicionales en democracia (élite política y ciudadanía) ayuda a perfilar mejor la naturaleza de sus preferencias. A partir del análisis de los datos de una encuesta del CIS del año 2011, mostramos que los factores mencionados son relevantes para entender cómo se vertebran las preferencias ciudadanas sobre quién debe tomar las decisiones políticas en democracia. A su vez, nuestros resultados sostienen algunos de los argumentos de Hibbing y Theiss-Morse, mientras que otros deben ser revisados.

  • English

    What factors explain whether citizens prefers politicians, citizens or experts to make political decisions? In this article, we show that level of support for the political system plays an important role. In addition, citizens? perceptions of the moral and technical capacities of the traditional actors in democracy (political elite and citizens) help to provide a better picture of the nature of citizens? preferences. Through analysis of survey data, we show that the aforesaid factors are relevant to understand the vectors of citizens? preferences in who should make the political decisions in democracy. Moreover, our results support some of Hibbing and Theiss-Morse's arguments, while others should be revised.

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