Difusión histórica, desarrollo y durabilidad de las instituciones democráticas en América Latina en los siglos y XX

• Autores: Paul W. Drake
• Localización: Revista uruguaya de ciencia politica, ISSN 0797-9789, ISSN-e 1688-499X, Vol. 21, 1 2, 2012, págs. 7-30
• Idioma: español
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  • español

    A pesar de que las instituciones democráticas en América Latina se han alternado frecuentemente con regímenes autoritarios, sus características básicas han persistido en los últimos 200 años. Muchas de estas características fundacionales ajustaron modelos usados en otros países a sus condiciones locales, lo que explica en parte su durabilidad. Desde comienzos del siglo XIX hasta finales del siglo XX, la mayoría de las instituciones políticas en Latinoamérica exhibieron constituciones inestables, usualmente con bajo nivel de aplicación, extremadamente centralistas, hiper-presidencialistas, con legislaturas débiles y sin capacidad proactiva, con poderes judiciales conservadores e ineficaces, elecciones contestadas y partidos políticos efímeros. Las distintas facetas y defectos institucionales pueden explicar solamente algunas de las fallas iniciales y continuas de estas democracias.

  • English

    Although Latin America's democratic institutions have alternated frequently with authoritarian regimes, their basic features have persisted for two hundred years. Many of their foundational characteristics adjusted foreign models to local conditions, which partly accounts for their durability. From the early 1800s to the early 2000s, most Latin American political institutions exhibited unstable and often unenforceable constitutions, extreme centralism, hyperpresidentialism, lackluster legislatures, conservative and ineffective judiciaries, contentious elections, and ephemeral political parties. Institutional facets and defects can explain some important initial and continuing shortcomings of these democracies

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