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Electoral reform, regional cleavages, and party system stability in Bolivia

Reforma electoral, rupturas regionales y estabilidad de sistema partidario en Bolivia
Wahlreform, Regionalstruktur und die Stabilität des Parteiensystems in Bolivien
[journal article]

Centellas, Miguel

Abstract

This research note considers the effects of electoral system reformin Bolivia. In 1995, Bolivia moved from a list-proportional to a mixedmemberproportional electoral system. The intervening years saw growingregional polarization of politics and a collapse of the existing party system.Using statistic... view more

This research note considers the effects of electoral system reformin Bolivia. In 1995, Bolivia moved from a list-proportional to a mixedmemberproportional electoral system. The intervening years saw growingregional polarization of politics and a collapse of the existing party system.Using statistical analysis of disaggregated electoral data (at department, municipality, and district level), this paper tests whether electoral system reformsmay have contributed to the current political crisis. Research findingsshow that regional cleavages existed prior to electoral system reform, butsuggest that reforms aggravated their effects. Such evidence gives reason toquestion the recent popularity of mixed-member proportionality.... view less


Esta nota considera el efecto de reformas electorales en Bolivia.En 1995, Bolivia cambió de un sistema de representación proporcional auno de representación combinado. Los siguientes años vieron una crecientepolarización regional de la política y el colapso del anterior sistema de partidos.Utilizand... view more

Esta nota considera el efecto de reformas electorales en Bolivia.En 1995, Bolivia cambió de un sistema de representación proporcional auno de representación combinado. Los siguientes años vieron una crecientepolarización regional de la política y el colapso del anterior sistema de partidos.Utilizando un análisis estadístico de votos desagregados (a nivel dedepartamento, municipio y distrito electoral), esta nota examina si reformaselectorales podrían haber contribuido a la crisis política. Investigacionesmuestran que ya existían divergencias regionales antes de las reformas alsistema electoral, pero también que las reformas agravaron sus efectos. Talesevidencias dan motivos para cuestionar la reciente popularidad de sistemaselectorales combinados.... view less

Keywords
region; political crisis; reform; electoral system; regional difference; electoral law; party system; Bolivia; presidential system

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture

Method
descriptive study; empirical; quantitative empirical

Free Keywords
Political Science; Electoral Law; Voting Systems; Proportional Representation; Judiciary Reform; Regionalism; Ciencia Política; Derecho electoral; Sistemas de votación; Representación proporcional; Reforma judicial; Regionalismo; Bolivia; Present; Bolivia; Presente

Document language
English

Publication Year
2009

Page/Pages
p. 115-131

Journal
Journal of Politics in Latin America, 1 (2009) 2

ISSN
1868-4890

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works


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