Democracy, Radicalization, and Political Agency in Latin America

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Autor(a) principal: Perez-Linan, Anibal
Data de Publicação: 2016
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: spa
Título da fonte: Revista Debates
Texto Completo: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/debates/article/view/62857
Resumo: This article integrates the empirical findings of four quantitative studies to analyze the consequences of political radicalization to Latin American democracies. The first section of the paper defines and operationalizes the concept of radicalism. The following sections explore the consequences of radicalization among the government and the opposition for the survival of elected governments and of the democratic regime; the capacity of radical governments to undermine political competition in periods of fast economic growth, and the consequences of institutional erosion and polarization for regime instability. The evidence presented in the paper calls for reassessing the role of political leadership and its agency to understand the future of the region.
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spelling Democracy, Radicalization, and Political Agency in Latin AmericaDemocracia, Radicalización, y Agencia Política en América LatinaDemocraciaRadicalizaciónInestabilidad PolíticaAmérica Latina.DemocracyRadicalizationPolitical InstabilityLatin America.This article integrates the empirical findings of four quantitative studies to analyze the consequences of political radicalization to Latin American democracies. The first section of the paper defines and operationalizes the concept of radicalism. The following sections explore the consequences of radicalization among the government and the opposition for the survival of elected governments and of the democratic regime; the capacity of radical governments to undermine political competition in periods of fast economic growth, and the consequences of institutional erosion and polarization for regime instability. The evidence presented in the paper calls for reassessing the role of political leadership and its agency to understand the future of the region.Este trabajo integra los resultados empíricos de cuatro estudios cuantitativos para analizar las consecuencias de la radicalización política para las democracias latinoamericanas. La primera sección define la idea de radicalización y su operacionalización. Las secciones siguientes exploran las consecuencias de la radicalización del gobierno y de la oposición para la supervivencia de los gobiernos electos y del régimen democrático; la capacidad de los gobiernos radicalizados para debilitar la competencia política en períodos de rápido crecimiento económico; y las consecuencias de la erosión institucional y la polarización para la inestabilidad del régimen. Esta evidencia nos obliga a replantear la responsabilidad de los líderes políticos y su capacidad de agencia como paso fundamental para pensar el futuro de la región.UFRGS2016-04-29info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/debates/article/view/6285710.22456/1982-5269.62857Revista Debates; Vol. 10 Núm. 1 (2016): As novas democracias latino-americanas e a política comparada; 11-30Revista Debates; v. 10 n. 1 (2016): As novas democracias latino-americanas e a política comparada; 11-301982-52692236-479Xreponame:Revista Debatesinstname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)instacron:UFRGSspahttps://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/debates/article/view/62857/37273Perez-Linan, Anibalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2017-08-29T14:06:04Zoai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/62857Revistahttps://seer.ufrgs.br/debatesPUBhttps://seer.ufrgs.br/debates/oai1982-52692236-479Xopendoar:2017-08-29T14:06:04Revista Debates - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Democracy, Radicalization, and Political Agency in Latin America
Democracia, Radicalización, y Agencia Política en América Latina
title Democracy, Radicalization, and Political Agency in Latin America
spellingShingle Democracy, Radicalization, and Political Agency in Latin America
Perez-Linan, Anibal
Democracia
Radicalización
Inestabilidad Política
América Latina.
Democracy
Radicalization
Political Instability
Latin America.
title_short Democracy, Radicalization, and Political Agency in Latin America
title_full Democracy, Radicalization, and Political Agency in Latin America
title_fullStr Democracy, Radicalization, and Political Agency in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Democracy, Radicalization, and Political Agency in Latin America
title_sort Democracy, Radicalization, and Political Agency in Latin America
author Perez-Linan, Anibal
author_facet Perez-Linan, Anibal
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Perez-Linan, Anibal
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Democracia
Radicalización
Inestabilidad Política
América Latina.
Democracy
Radicalization
Political Instability
Latin America.
topic Democracia
Radicalización
Inestabilidad Política
América Latina.
Democracy
Radicalization
Political Instability
Latin America.
description This article integrates the empirical findings of four quantitative studies to analyze the consequences of political radicalization to Latin American democracies. The first section of the paper defines and operationalizes the concept of radicalism. The following sections explore the consequences of radicalization among the government and the opposition for the survival of elected governments and of the democratic regime; the capacity of radical governments to undermine political competition in periods of fast economic growth, and the consequences of institutional erosion and polarization for regime instability. The evidence presented in the paper calls for reassessing the role of political leadership and its agency to understand the future of the region.
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