Publication: En donde está el peligro. La crisis de la representación y la construcción de alternativas en América Latina
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2007
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Universidad Central de Venezuela: Centro de Estudios del Desarrollo
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Aunque una parte de la doctrina politológica insiste en que no puede hablarse de crisis del sistema de partidos en América Latina, la realidad cotidiana desmiente ese aserto. Como muestran los casos emblemáticos de Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brasil, Argentina o Perú, los escenarios electorales indican una gran movilidad e incertidumbre. La crisis de representación señala la discordancia entre un Estado históricamente débil y reforzado como aparato de clase durante la etapa neoliberal, y nuevas exigencias populares de transformaciones económicas, culturales, normativas y políticas. En este contexto, la pregunta sobre el instrumento político adecuado cobra nueva relevancia, especialmente ante la propuesta venezolana de crear un partido unido que reúna las fuerzas políticas y sociales comprometidas con el cambio que tiene lugar en el país.
A segment of the politological doctrine holds that you cannot rightly talk about a party-system crisis in Latin America, but everyday facts prove this assertion false. As illustrated by the emblematic cases of Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina or Peru, the electoral scene shows great unsteadiness and uncertainty. The representation crisis points to the inconsistency of a historically weak State, reinforced as class apparatus during the neoliberal era, and new popular demands of economic, cultural, regulatory and political transformations. In this context, the question of the appropriate political tool reacquires relevance, specially in view of the Venezuelan proposal concerning the creation of a united party that will congregate the political and social forces commited to the change currently underway in the country.
A segment of the politological doctrine holds that you cannot rightly talk about a party-system crisis in Latin America, but everyday facts prove this assertion false. As illustrated by the emblematic cases of Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina or Peru, the electoral scene shows great unsteadiness and uncertainty. The representation crisis points to the inconsistency of a historically weak State, reinforced as class apparatus during the neoliberal era, and new popular demands of economic, cultural, regulatory and political transformations. In this context, the question of the appropriate political tool reacquires relevance, specially in view of the Venezuelan proposal concerning the creation of a united party that will congregate the political and social forces commited to the change currently underway in the country.