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Can parties police themselves? Electoral Governance and Democratization

Fabrice Lehoucq
- 09 Jun 2015 - 
- Iss: 12
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In fact, this paper argued that the teoria clasica electoral no funciente when el mismo partido controla el poder ejecutivo de la administración de las elecciones and the poder legislativo de the certificación of los resultados.
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Este estudio esboza la logica y consecuencias de la teoria clasica de gobernabilidad electoral. Al responsabilizar al poder ejecutivo de la administracion de las elecciones y al poder legislativo de la certificacion de los resultados, esta teoria presupone que los representantes del pueblo generan resultados electorales ampliamente aceptables. Este estudio argumenta que la teoria clasica no funciona cuando el mismo partido controla el poder ejecutivoy el poder legislativo. El desarrollo politico de varios sistemas presidenciales ofrecen apoyo tentativo a estas hipotesis. Solamente cuando los partidos delegan la gobernabilidad electoral a tribunales autonomos es cuando los conflictos en torno a los resultados electorales no provocan inestabilidad politica. Comparaciones entre los sistemas basados en la division de poderes de los Estados Unidos y America Latina tambien sugieren que el desarrollo politico entre el norte y el sur son mas parecidos de lo comunmente aceptado.

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