Independent candidacies: vaccines against protectionist partisan system or revitalization of partisan oligarchies

This article reviews the role of independent candidates in contemporary democracy as in the preservation or renewal of partisan systems. As premise, there is a perception that the parties retain as far as possible a protectionist partisan system, or the so-called partidocracia, which is ultimately b...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor: Vizcarra Ruiz, María Alejandra
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:México
Recursos:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
Repositorio:Espiral Estudios sobre Estado y Sociedad
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:espiral.cucsh.udg.mx:article/7101
Acesso em linha:http://espiral.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/EEES/article/view/7101
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:representative democracy
independent candidacies
partidocracia
political parties
partisan oligarchy
democracia representativa
candidaturas independientes
partidos políticos
oligarquía partidista
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Resumo:This article reviews the role of independent candidates in contemporary democracy as in the preservation or renewal of partisan systems. As premise, there is a perception that the parties retain as far as possible a protectionist partisan system, or the so-called partidocracia, which is ultimately based on the monopoly of the candidacies and therefore on the representation and access to public power. The article shows that faced with this image of a corrupt and narrowly amalgamated political society, not only is there political indifference and electoral apathy, but also the figure of the non-partisan citizen, whose mission would be to displace corruption from the field of politics to parties and politicians alike. The text also analyzes how the image of independent candidates has been built as an alternative to the partisan oligarchy.