THE POLITICAL CAREERS OF MEMBERS OF THE SENATE IN URUGUAY: CHANGES OR CONTINUITIES FOLLOWING THE TRIUMPH OF THE LEFT?

• Autor(a) principal: Bottinelli, Eduardo
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Sociologia e Política
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufpr.br/rsp/article/view/13852
• topic: elites parlamentares; trajetórias políticas; partidos políticos; Uruguai; parliamentary elites; political trajectories; political parties; élites parlementaires; trajectoires politiques; partis politiques; Uruguay

This article looks at diverse types of political trajectories, focusing on the impact of political changeon Uruguayan parliamentary elites after the end of the dictatorship. With regard to a segment ofthe political elite, we are interested in revealing the two-sided movement made up of political partycontinuity among leadership and of inter-party mobility, both flowing electoral changes that areunderway. Furthermore, we analyze the modalities of political careers of parliament members andcirculation between parliamentary posts and other State positions. Our work is based on researchinto the trajectory of Uruguayan senators during the 2005-2010 period and compares it to that ofprevious legislatures also belonging to the post-dictatorship period (1985-2005). For the currentlegislature we have used the method of multiple biographic trajectories, studying 38 senators withmandates during the period, using personal and parliamentary documentary sources and publishedbiographies as well as our own research and interviews carried out directly with the senators. Ourstudy enables us to identify patterns common to members of parliament as well as to explore thedifferences in the political trajectory of senators from traditional and leftist parties.