Political legitimacy, fragmentation and the rise of party-formation costs in contemporary Latin America

Autores
Scherlis Perel, Gerardo Ezequiel
Año de publicación
2014
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inglés
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Descripción
This article contributes to the study of party regulation in contemporary Latin America in two main ways. Firstly, it identifies a so far overlooked process by which four countries (Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) raised party-formation costs in the past decade, an unprecedented process in third-wave Latin American democracies. Secondly, it offers a tentative answer to the question of why this process took place in this specific set of countries. This answer brings to the fore the issues of political parties’ legitimacy and party fragmentation as sources of electoral reform. The article argues that the countries that passed these reforms are those in which the ruling political elites perceived increasing levels of fragmentation as a result of previous reforms that had opened up the political system. These prior reforms were enacted as a response to established parties’ loss of legitimacy. The findings support the more general distinction between reforms initiated due to legitimacy crises and reforms resulting from changing balances of power. In this way the article also contributes to the broader debate on the factors that explain different types of electoral reforms in Latin America.
Fil: Scherlis Perel, Gerardo Ezequiel. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Materia
Party Regulation
Electoral Reform
Party-Formation Costs
Political Legitimacy
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spelling Political legitimacy, fragmentation and the rise of party-formation costs in contemporary Latin AmericaScherlis Perel, Gerardo EzequielParty RegulationElectoral ReformParty-Formation CostsPolitical Legitimacyhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5This article contributes to the study of party regulation in contemporary Latin America in two main ways. Firstly, it identifies a so far overlooked process by which four countries (Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) raised party-formation costs in the past decade, an unprecedented process in third-wave Latin American democracies. Secondly, it offers a tentative answer to the question of why this process took place in this specific set of countries. This answer brings to the fore the issues of political parties’ legitimacy and party fragmentation as sources of electoral reform. The article argues that the countries that passed these reforms are those in which the ruling political elites perceived increasing levels of fragmentation as a result of previous reforms that had opened up the political system. These prior reforms were enacted as a response to established parties’ loss of legitimacy. The findings support the more general distinction between reforms initiated due to legitimacy crises and reforms resulting from changing balances of power. In this way the article also contributes to the broader debate on the factors that explain different types of electoral reforms in Latin America.Fil: Scherlis Perel, Gerardo Ezequiel. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaSage Publications2014-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/35638Scherlis Perel, Gerardo Ezequiel; Political legitimacy, fragmentation and the rise of party-formation costs in contemporary Latin America; Sage Publications; International Political Science Review; 35; 3; 4-2014; 307-3230192-5121CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1177/0192512114524244info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0192512114524244info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:52:54Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/35638instacron: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 09:52:54.362CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Political legitimacy, fragmentation and the rise of party-formation costs in contemporary Latin America
title Political legitimacy, fragmentation and the rise of party-formation costs in contemporary Latin America
spellingShingle Political legitimacy, fragmentation and the rise of party-formation costs in contemporary Latin America
Scherlis Perel, Gerardo Ezequiel
Party Regulation
Electoral Reform
Party-Formation Costs
Political Legitimacy
title_short Political legitimacy, fragmentation and the rise of party-formation costs in contemporary Latin America
title_full Political legitimacy, fragmentation and the rise of party-formation costs in contemporary Latin America
title_fullStr Political legitimacy, fragmentation and the rise of party-formation costs in contemporary Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Political legitimacy, fragmentation and the rise of party-formation costs in contemporary Latin America
title_sort Political legitimacy, fragmentation and the rise of party-formation costs in contemporary Latin America
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 Party Regulation
Electoral Reform
Party-Formation Costs
Political Legitimacy
topic Party Regulation
Electoral Reform
Party-Formation Costs
Political Legitimacy
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This article contributes to the study of party regulation in contemporary Latin America in two main ways. Firstly, it identifies a so far overlooked process by which four countries (Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) raised party-formation costs in the past decade, an unprecedented process in third-wave Latin American democracies. Secondly, it offers a tentative answer to the question of why this process took place in this specific set of countries. This answer brings to the fore the issues of political parties’ legitimacy and party fragmentation as sources of electoral reform. The article argues that the countries that passed these reforms are those in which the ruling political elites perceived increasing levels of fragmentation as a result of previous reforms that had opened up the political system. These prior reforms were enacted as a response to established parties’ loss of legitimacy. The findings support the more general distinction between reforms initiated due to legitimacy crises and reforms resulting from changing balances of power. In this way the article also contributes to the broader debate on the factors that explain different types of electoral reforms in Latin America.
Fil: Scherlis Perel, Gerardo Ezequiel. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description This article contributes to the study of party regulation in contemporary Latin America in two main ways. Firstly, it identifies a so far overlooked process by which four countries (Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) raised party-formation costs in the past decade, an unprecedented process in third-wave Latin American democracies. Secondly, it offers a tentative answer to the question of why this process took place in this specific set of countries. This answer brings to the fore the issues of political parties’ legitimacy and party fragmentation as sources of electoral reform. The article argues that the countries that passed these reforms are those in which the ruling political elites perceived increasing levels of fragmentation as a result of previous reforms that had opened up the political system. These prior reforms were enacted as a response to established parties’ loss of legitimacy. The findings support the more general distinction between reforms initiated due to legitimacy crises and reforms resulting from changing balances of power. In this way the article also contributes to the broader debate on the factors that explain different types of electoral reforms in Latin America.
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