Pub Date : 2021-08-01DOI: 10.4067/s0718-090x2021005000109
Ignacio-Jesús Serrano-Contreras, Javier García-Marín, Ó. G. Luengo
Education laws involve, for all political parties, one of the most visible flagships of their ideological project. In this regard, different governments have made legislative modifications to introduce orientations in this field closer to their partisan interests. Therefore, following existing models of political communication, in Southern European countries the coverage of this information leads to a potential dichotomized media context. The present research displays an analysis of the Spanish case during the last forty years, to verify the influence that educational reforms have provoked in the press coverage. For that purpose, we have used new machine learning methodologies, complemented by the development of self measures, to capture complex social phenomena within semantic variability scenarios. As a result of those processes, findings have evidenced a clear relationship between the ideo- logical proposal of political parties and the editorial line of the printed press, regarding the mentioned educational reforms that were developed under the period of study.
{"title":"Coberturas mediáticas, polarización y reformas educativas en España","authors":"Ignacio-Jesús Serrano-Contreras, Javier García-Marín, Ó. G. Luengo","doi":"10.4067/s0718-090x2021005000109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-090x2021005000109","url":null,"abstract":"Education laws involve, for all political parties, one of the most visible flagships of their ideological project. In this regard, different governments have made legislative modifications to introduce orientations in this field closer to their partisan interests. Therefore, following existing models of political communication, in Southern European countries the coverage of this information leads to a potential dichotomized media context. The present research displays an analysis of the Spanish case during the last forty years, to verify the influence that educational reforms have provoked in the press coverage. For that purpose, we have used new machine learning methodologies, complemented by the development of self measures, to capture complex social phenomena within semantic variability scenarios. As a result of those processes, findings have evidenced a clear relationship between the ideo- logical proposal of political parties and the editorial line of the printed press, regarding the mentioned educational reforms that were developed under the period of study.","PeriodicalId":279932,"journal":{"name":"Revista de ciencia política (Santiago)","volume":"173 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131506353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-08-01DOI: 10.4067/s0718-090x2021005000108
C. Curvale, Gustavo Pérez-Arrobo
This article explores the incidence of open science in academic research in the field of Political Science. Open science’s goal is to shed light on information about data, research procedures, and results of academic work, thus making information accessible to reviewers and the general public. This practice is not prevalent across the social sciences although there is increasing interest on the importance of reproducibility in building or rejecting theory and knowledge. However, important epistemological and methodological debates have evolved around the feasibility and desirability of adopting these practices as a standard in the discipline. This article systematically collects and analyzes data on publishing requirements of the top journals in the fields at point, including pre-registration. We also provide a state of the art on the implementation of these best practices in Latin America.
{"title":"Documentation Requirements in Political Science Journals: Moving Towards Open Access Practices","authors":"C. Curvale, Gustavo Pérez-Arrobo","doi":"10.4067/s0718-090x2021005000108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-090x2021005000108","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores the incidence of open science in academic research in the field of Political Science. Open science’s goal is to shed light on information about data, research procedures, and results of academic work, thus making information accessible to reviewers and the general public. This practice is not prevalent across the social sciences although there is increasing interest on the importance of reproducibility in building or rejecting theory and knowledge. However, important epistemological and methodological debates have evolved around the feasibility and desirability of adopting these practices as a standard in the discipline. This article systematically collects and analyzes data on publishing requirements of the top journals in the fields at point, including pre-registration. We also provide a state of the art on the implementation of these best practices in Latin America.","PeriodicalId":279932,"journal":{"name":"Revista de ciencia política (Santiago)","volume":"118 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134185048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-08-31DOI: 10.33774/apsa-2020-70b55
M. Ordonez
The literature suggests that state capacity has a reinforcing effect on democracy. This paper focuses on local democracy and draws on the comparative method to evaluate how bureaucratic capacity and usability can affect a critical component of democracy—horizontal (or intrastate) accountability. Contrasting with the literature, this paper argues that, even in democratic regimes, state capacity can discourage accountability agents that are elected through popular vote. Bureaucracies that are well funded, highly professionalized, and usable can give local executives an ample capacity to discourage accountability agents (municipal councils). When local bureaucracies lack these characteristics, executives can still manage to influence horizontal accountability by exchanging council members’ support for access to municipal resources. Municipal councils’ inclination towards accountability is greater when local bureaucracies are highly capable but not usable. In these cases, the local executive lacks influence on council members’ electoral support and, therefore, on their disposition for accountability.
{"title":"Loyal to the Executive: The Effect of State Capacity on Local Horizontal Accountability","authors":"M. Ordonez","doi":"10.33774/apsa-2020-70b55","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33774/apsa-2020-70b55","url":null,"abstract":"The literature suggests that state capacity has a reinforcing effect on democracy. This paper focuses on local democracy and draws on the comparative method to evaluate how bureaucratic capacity and usability can affect a critical component of democracy—horizontal (or intrastate) accountability. Contrasting with the literature, this paper argues that, even in democratic regimes, state capacity can discourage accountability agents that are elected through popular vote. Bureaucracies that are well funded, highly professionalized, and usable can give local executives an ample capacity to discourage accountability agents (municipal councils). When local bureaucracies lack these characteristics, executives can still manage to influence horizontal accountability by exchanging council members’ support for access to municipal resources. Municipal councils’ inclination towards accountability is greater when local bureaucracies are highly capable but not usable. In these cases, the local executive lacks influence on council members’ electoral support and, therefore, on their disposition for accountability.","PeriodicalId":279932,"journal":{"name":"Revista de ciencia política (Santiago)","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123822058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-04-01DOI: 10.4067/s0718-090x2020000100027
A. Cooper
{"title":"Recalibrating the Classic Models of Mediation: Former Leaders and Hybrid Personality-Network Driven Initiatives in the Venezuela Crisis","authors":"A. Cooper","doi":"10.4067/s0718-090x2020000100027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-090x2020000100027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":279932,"journal":{"name":"Revista de ciencia política (Santiago)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131011079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-03DOI: 10.4067/s0718-090x2019000200217
María Paula Saffon Sanín, D. I. Gómez
In 2018, the Colombian right’s consolidation of power minimized the peace process by blocking the transformative aspirations of the 2016 peace agreement. However, the transformative promises of peace came back to the political arena during the presidential elections, when an ample coalition of leftist parties and grassroots movements supported Petro’s candidacy. This suggests that, despite the multiple obstacles, power asymmetries, and the continuous influence of violence, the Colombian peace agreement is responsible for something that no other political event—not even the momentous 1991 Constitution—has yet achieved: the existence of a programmatic discussion between the left and the right
{"title":"Colombia en 2018: entre el fracaso de la paz y el inicio de la política programática","authors":"María Paula Saffon Sanín, D. I. Gómez","doi":"10.4067/s0718-090x2019000200217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-090x2019000200217","url":null,"abstract":"In 2018, the Colombian right’s consolidation of power minimized the peace process by blocking the transformative aspirations of the 2016 peace agreement. However, the transformative promises of peace came back to the political arena during the presidential elections, when an ample coalition of leftist parties and grassroots movements supported Petro’s candidacy. This suggests that, despite the multiple obstacles, power asymmetries, and the continuous influence of violence, the Colombian peace agreement is responsible for something that no other political event—not even the momentous 1991 Constitution—has yet achieved: the existence of a programmatic discussion between the left and the right","PeriodicalId":279932,"journal":{"name":"Revista de ciencia política (Santiago)","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126585754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-09-24DOI: 10.4067/s0718-090x2019000200191
Catherine Reyes-Housholder, Beatriz Roque
Focusing on feminism, this article describes the political, social and economic situation in Chile throughout 2018. We argue that during this year, the way in which power is structured between men and women was questioned in diverse spaces of Chilean society. This third wave of feminist protest, instigated primarily by female university students in 2018, possibly constitutes the largest wave of feminism in Chilean history. These events forced political actors in both the legislative and executive branches to improve the participation and representation of group that are historically marginalized according to gender. We conclude that an analysis of the origins and consequences of the “year of feminism” could enrich current debates on the quality of democracy in Chile.
{"title":"Chile 2018: desafíos al poder de género desde la calle hasta La Moneda","authors":"Catherine Reyes-Housholder, Beatriz Roque","doi":"10.4067/s0718-090x2019000200191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-090x2019000200191","url":null,"abstract":"Focusing on feminism, this article describes the political, social and economic situation in Chile throughout 2018. We argue that during this year, the way in which power is structured between men and women was questioned in diverse spaces of Chilean society. This third wave of feminist protest, instigated primarily by female university students in 2018, possibly constitutes the largest wave of feminism in Chilean history. These events forced political actors in both the legislative and executive branches to improve the participation and representation of group that are historically marginalized according to gender. We conclude that an analysis of the origins and consequences of the “year of feminism” could enrich current debates on the quality of democracy in Chile.","PeriodicalId":279932,"journal":{"name":"Revista de ciencia política (Santiago)","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127116731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-09-24DOI: 10.4067/s0718-090x2019000200313
Magdalena López
This article analyzes the main events that occurred in Paraguay during 2018. First, the general elections confirmed the hegemony of the Colorado Party, even in the unusual situation of internal conflict. Second, a woman was elected vice-president for the first time in the country s recent history. That is a significative political outcome even when it can be interpreted as the outcome of President Cartes political maneuvering to remain as an active Senator. Third, in 2018, the Paraguayan economy registered controlled inflation, moderate debt growth, and sustained economic growth, which provide macroeconomic stability in the country. Finally, extreme and general poverty remained within the same levels than the previous year. Economic development has not improved the quality of life of the most vulnerable members of Paraguayan s society.
{"title":"Paraguay en un año electoral (2018): trayectorias económicas, políticas y sociales en la transición entre el gobierno colorado saliente y el entrante","authors":"Magdalena López","doi":"10.4067/s0718-090x2019000200313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-090x2019000200313","url":null,"abstract":"This article analyzes the main events that occurred in Paraguay during 2018. First, the general elections confirmed the hegemony of the Colorado Party, even in the unusual situation of internal conflict. Second, a woman was elected vice-president for the first time in the country s recent history. That is a significative political outcome even when it can be interpreted as the outcome of President Cartes political maneuvering to remain as an active Senator. Third, in 2018, the Paraguayan economy registered controlled inflation, moderate debt growth, and sustained economic growth, which provide macroeconomic stability in the country. Finally, extreme and general poverty remained within the same levels than the previous year. Economic development has not improved the quality of life of the most vulnerable members of Paraguayan s society.","PeriodicalId":279932,"journal":{"name":"Revista de ciencia política (Santiago)","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130451140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-09-24DOI: 10.4067/s0718-090x2019000200285
Shannan L. Mattiace
In July 2018, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) was elected President of Mexico in the largest electoral landslide in Mexico’s democratic history. As a self-proclaimed transformational candidate, AMLO made big promises in areas of great concern for Mexican citizens: anti-corruption, criminal violence and security, and the economy. Support for AMLO remained extremely strong in 2018; however, to retain that support he will need to make concrete progress in these areas. AMLO and his party coalition face formidable challenges, not the least of which are high expectations from citizens bent on major changes in governance and policy outcomes. Critics are concerned about a united executive and legislative coalition unchecked by countervailing powers, threatening a potential return to the presidencialismo of the twentieth century.
{"title":"Mexico 2018: AMLO's hour","authors":"Shannan L. Mattiace","doi":"10.4067/s0718-090x2019000200285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-090x2019000200285","url":null,"abstract":"In July 2018, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) was elected President of Mexico in the largest electoral landslide in Mexico’s democratic history. As a self-proclaimed transformational candidate, AMLO made big promises in areas of great concern for Mexican citizens: anti-corruption, criminal violence and security, and the economy. Support for AMLO remained extremely strong in 2018; however, to retain that support he will need to make concrete progress in these areas. AMLO and his party coalition face formidable challenges, not the least of which are high expectations from citizens bent on major changes in governance and policy outcomes. Critics are concerned about a united executive and legislative coalition unchecked by countervailing powers, threatening a potential return to the presidencialismo of the twentieth century.","PeriodicalId":279932,"journal":{"name":"Revista de ciencia política (Santiago)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123645434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-09-24DOI: 10.4067/s0718-090x2019000200239
A. Pignataro, Ilka Treminio
In 2018 Costa Rica faced unprecedented elections due to the radicalization of the party supply, the diminished role of the traditional parties, and the unexpected continuity in government of the incumbent party with the presidency of Carlos Alvarado. During the campaign, the focus shifted from economic to self-expression issues (sexual education, equal marriage, abortion). Together with sociodemographic variables and the evaluation of the incumbent government, religion had an important explanatory weight on vote choice, especially after the advisory opinion of the Inter-American Court that recognized the fundamental rights of LGBTI people during the campaign. We discuss the consequences for the current government and the future elections.
{"title":"Reto económico, valores y religión en las elecciones nacionales de Costa Rica 2018","authors":"A. Pignataro, Ilka Treminio","doi":"10.4067/s0718-090x2019000200239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-090x2019000200239","url":null,"abstract":"In 2018 Costa Rica faced unprecedented elections due to the radicalization of the party supply, the diminished role of the traditional parties, and the unexpected continuity in government of the incumbent party with the presidency of Carlos Alvarado. During the campaign, the focus shifted from economic to self-expression issues (sexual education, equal marriage, abortion). Together with sociodemographic variables and the evaluation of the incumbent government, religion had an important explanatory weight on vote choice, especially after the advisory opinion of the Inter-American Court that recognized the fundamental rights of LGBTI people during the campaign. We discuss the consequences for the current government and the future elections.","PeriodicalId":279932,"journal":{"name":"Revista de ciencia política (Santiago)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122714250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-06-27DOI: 10.4067/S0718-090X2019000100025
Carolina Segovia, R. Gamboa
This paper examines the characteristics of interest group representation in Chile through an analysis of the participation of interest groups in the legislative process (2006-2014). We argue that the Chilean system could be qualified as a “semi-neopluralism” or as “neopluralism a la chilena.” We show, first, that there is participation from different types of groups, although at the same time we observe an unbalanced representation in favour of business interests. Second, the level of participation is low, even though it is higher when economic bills are discussed. Therefore, there is scarce competition among groups. Third, the evidence indicates that IG participation is highly specialized, but in a context where most groups participated only once during the period covered by this study.
{"title":"Neopluralismo “a la chilena”. Grupos de interés en el proceso legislativo","authors":"Carolina Segovia, R. Gamboa","doi":"10.4067/S0718-090X2019000100025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-090X2019000100025","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the characteristics of interest group representation in Chile through an analysis of the participation of interest groups in the legislative process (2006-2014). We argue that the Chilean system could be qualified as a “semi-neopluralism” or as “neopluralism a la chilena.” We show, first, that there is participation from different types of groups, although at the same time we observe an unbalanced representation in favour of business interests. Second, the level of participation is low, even though it is higher when economic bills are discussed. Therefore, there is scarce competition among groups. Third, the evidence indicates that IG participation is highly specialized, but in a context where most groups participated only once during the period covered by this study.","PeriodicalId":279932,"journal":{"name":"Revista de ciencia política (Santiago)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116752237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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