«El goze de los derechos de ciudadano»: elections and citizenship in central america, ca. 1770-1850

 

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Verfasser: Dym, Jordana
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publikationsdatum:2021
Beschreibung:Between 1808 and 1850, the provinces and then independent Central American states organized hundreds of elections. This article examines the electoral theory set out in the region’s constitutions and electoral regulations and explores the implementation as shown in election books, voter lists, newspapers, correspondence, and other documents that reveal voting and political practices at the municipal, state, and federal levels. The analysis shows that the surprising result of a system that privileged indirect voting and the power of the legislative body to impose results was a substantial citizen commitment to active political participation that ultimately prepared the region to expand citizen rights (at least on paper) in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Sprache:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/47030
Online Zugang:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/dialogos/article/view/47030
Stichwort:elections
nineteenth century
political culture
voting
Central America
América Central
elecciones
siglo XIX
cultura política
ciudadanía