Legislative Transfugeeism in Guatemala and Panama
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| التنسيق: | artículo original |
| الحالة: | Versión publicada |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2016 |
| الوصف: | Votes determine seats distribution in Legislative Congress across Central Ameri-ca but, once in office, legislators decide not to join their parliamentary bloc and join another one. This phenomenon of party-switching is so-called “transfuguis-mo”. This study seeks to explore the Guatemala (2012-2016) and Panama (2009-2014) cases from two perspectives: 1) the legislative party-switch and; 2) the formal rules that pretend counter such process, since “transfuguismo” produces a changing correlation of forces inside the Legislative Branch that could benefit the party in office or the opposition bloc. The main argument is that this behavior of legislators generates inter-party breakdown and institutional weakness, which alters the democratic rules. |
| البلد: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| المؤسسة: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| اللغة: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/1482 |
| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/ciep/article/view/1482 |
| كلمة مفتاحية: | Legislative Party-switch Institutional weakness Inter-party breakdown Guatemala Panama Transfuguismo legislativo Debilidad institucional Fractura interpartidaria Panamá |