Parties and Ballot Access in Latin America: a new trend in a new political context

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Scherlis Perel, Gerardo Ezequiel
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2013
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For the last ten years a group of Latin American countries have passed legal reforms raising ballot access requirements. Although each of these reforms have been profusely discussed in every one of the countries involved, so far, they have not been linked as constituting a regional trend. Firstly this paper shows that this trend actually exists, so reversing the dominant leaning on reforms in this field during the 1980s and 1990s. Secondly, the paper shows that the ongoing regional trend emerges in the aftermath of a legitimacy crisis which has been surmounted in every one of the cases. More specifically, the paper identifies a common sequence followed by four countries (Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) which leads to the raise of ballot access requirements. The sequence involves the following stages: first, a legitimacy crisis which paves the way to reforms opening up the political system; second, once the legitimacy crisis is left behind, a consensus emerges on the negative consequences of the previous reforms; and third, this consensus culminates with the introduction of the restrictive reforms which have dominated the Latin American landscape for the last decade. Every case is analyzed by observing the coalescence of what Matthew Shugart (2001) defined as the inherent and contingent conditions necessary to account for the passing of electoral reforms.
Fil: Scherlis Perel, Gerardo Ezequiel. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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Political Parties
Regulation
Latin America
Ballot Access
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spelling Parties and Ballot Access in Latin America: a new trend in a new political contextScherlis Perel, Gerardo EzequielPolitical PartiesRegulationLatin AmericaBallot Accesshttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5For the last ten years a group of Latin American countries have passed legal reforms raising ballot access requirements. Although each of these reforms have been profusely discussed in every one of the countries involved, so far, they have not been linked as constituting a regional trend. Firstly this paper shows that this trend actually exists, so reversing the dominant leaning on reforms in this field during the 1980s and 1990s. Secondly, the paper shows that the ongoing regional trend emerges in the aftermath of a legitimacy crisis which has been surmounted in every one of the cases. More specifically, the paper identifies a common sequence followed by four countries (Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) which leads to the raise of ballot access requirements. The sequence involves the following stages: first, a legitimacy crisis which paves the way to reforms opening up the political system; second, once the legitimacy crisis is left behind, a consensus emerges on the negative consequences of the previous reforms; and third, this consensus culminates with the introduction of the restrictive reforms which have dominated the Latin American landscape for the last decade. Every case is analyzed by observing the coalescence of what Matthew Shugart (2001) defined as the inherent and contingent conditions necessary to account for the passing of electoral reforms.Fil: Scherlis Perel, Gerardo Ezequiel. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaLeiden University2013-07info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/27574Scherlis Perel, Gerardo Ezequiel; Parties and Ballot Access in Latin America: a new trend in a new political context; Leiden University; The Legal Regulation of Political Parties - Working Paper; 31; 7-2013; 1-352211-1034CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.partylaw.leidenuniv.nl/uploads/wp3113a.pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.partylaw.leidenuniv.nl/publications/parties-and-ballot-access-in-latin-america-a-new-trend-in-a-new-political-contextinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:58:34Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/27574instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:58:34.895CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
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title Parties and Ballot Access in Latin America: a new trend in a new political context
spellingShingle Parties and Ballot Access in Latin America: a new trend in a new political context
Scherlis Perel, Gerardo Ezequiel
Political Parties
Regulation
Latin America
Ballot Access
title_short Parties and Ballot Access in Latin America: a new trend in a new political context
title_full Parties and Ballot Access in Latin America: a new trend in a new political context
title_fullStr Parties and Ballot Access in Latin America: a new trend in a new political context
title_full_unstemmed Parties and Ballot Access in Latin America: a new trend in a new political context
title_sort Parties and Ballot Access in Latin America: a new trend in a new political context
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Scherlis Perel, Gerardo Ezequiel
author Scherlis Perel, Gerardo Ezequiel
author_facet Scherlis Perel, Gerardo Ezequiel
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Political Parties
Regulation
Latin America
Ballot Access
topic Political Parties
Regulation
Latin America
Ballot Access
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv For the last ten years a group of Latin American countries have passed legal reforms raising ballot access requirements. Although each of these reforms have been profusely discussed in every one of the countries involved, so far, they have not been linked as constituting a regional trend. Firstly this paper shows that this trend actually exists, so reversing the dominant leaning on reforms in this field during the 1980s and 1990s. Secondly, the paper shows that the ongoing regional trend emerges in the aftermath of a legitimacy crisis which has been surmounted in every one of the cases. More specifically, the paper identifies a common sequence followed by four countries (Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) which leads to the raise of ballot access requirements. The sequence involves the following stages: first, a legitimacy crisis which paves the way to reforms opening up the political system; second, once the legitimacy crisis is left behind, a consensus emerges on the negative consequences of the previous reforms; and third, this consensus culminates with the introduction of the restrictive reforms which have dominated the Latin American landscape for the last decade. Every case is analyzed by observing the coalescence of what Matthew Shugart (2001) defined as the inherent and contingent conditions necessary to account for the passing of electoral reforms.
Fil: Scherlis Perel, Gerardo Ezequiel. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description For the last ten years a group of Latin American countries have passed legal reforms raising ballot access requirements. Although each of these reforms have been profusely discussed in every one of the countries involved, so far, they have not been linked as constituting a regional trend. Firstly this paper shows that this trend actually exists, so reversing the dominant leaning on reforms in this field during the 1980s and 1990s. Secondly, the paper shows that the ongoing regional trend emerges in the aftermath of a legitimacy crisis which has been surmounted in every one of the cases. More specifically, the paper identifies a common sequence followed by four countries (Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) which leads to the raise of ballot access requirements. The sequence involves the following stages: first, a legitimacy crisis which paves the way to reforms opening up the political system; second, once the legitimacy crisis is left behind, a consensus emerges on the negative consequences of the previous reforms; and third, this consensus culminates with the introduction of the restrictive reforms which have dominated the Latin American landscape for the last decade. Every case is analyzed by observing the coalescence of what Matthew Shugart (2001) defined as the inherent and contingent conditions necessary to account for the passing of electoral reforms.
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