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Parties under stress: using a linkage decay framework to analyze the Chilean party system

Partidos bajo presión: Empleando el marco del declive de vínculos políticos para analizar el sistema de partidos chileno
[journal article]

Morgan, Jana
Meléndez, Carlos

Abstract

La impresión general que se tiene del sistema de partidos chileno lo caracteriza como altamente institucionalizado. Sin embargo, declives recientes en participación y en partidismo han empezado a cuestionar esta apariencia de estabilidad. Este artículo evalúa la actual situación del sistema de parti... view more

La impresión general que se tiene del sistema de partidos chileno lo caracteriza como altamente institucionalizado. Sin embargo, declives recientes en participación y en partidismo han empezado a cuestionar esta apariencia de estabilidad. Este artículo evalúa la actual situación del sistema de partidos chileno, analizando su capacidad para proveer vínculos políticos. Especificamos un marco teórico para evaluar los tipos de vínculos políticos en el sistema chileno contemporáneo, enfatizando cómo su perfil de representación ha cambiado desde la transición democrática. El análisis sugiere que las dos coaliciones partidarias tradicionales han dejado de ofrecer alternativas claras de políticas y que la representación programática depende crecientemente de la capacidad de respuesta a políticas públicas y de vestigios de antiguas divisiones ideológicas. Restricciones institucionales significativas coaccionan la capacidad partidaria de incorporar demandas de grupos sociales emergentes, mientras que las prácticas clientelares se mantienen como mecanismos complementarios pero no como vínculos medulares. Esta evidencia señala que mientras la representación en Chile no se ha quebrado aún, el sistema porta serias vulnerabilidades.... view less


Conventional wisdom suggests Chile's party system is highly institutionalized. However, recent declines in participation and partisanship have begun to raise questions about this veneer of stability. This article assesses the current state of the Chilean party system, analyzing its ability to provid... view more

Conventional wisdom suggests Chile's party system is highly institutionalized. However, recent declines in participation and partisanship have begun to raise questions about this veneer of stability. This article assesses the current state of the Chilean party system, analyzing its ability to provide linkage. We specify a theoretical framework for identifying challenges to linkage and constraints on necessary adaptation. We then use this framework to evaluate linkage in the contemporary Chilean system, emphasizing how its representational profile has changed since the democratic transition. The analysis suggests the two partisan coalitions no longer present clear policy alternatives and programmatic representation increasingly depends on policy responsiveness and relics of old ideological divides. Significant institutional constraints impede parties' ability to incorporate demands from emerging social groups, and clientelism remains a complementary but not core linkage mechanism. This evidence indicates that while representation in Chile has not yet failed, the system contains serious vulnerabilities.... view less

Keywords
Chile; Latin America; party system; institutionalization; representation; clientelism

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture

Document language
English

Publication Year
2016

Page/Pages
p. 25-59

Journal
Journal of Politics in Latin America, 8 (2016) 3

Issue topic
Political representation in contemporary Chile

ISSN
1868-4890

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0


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