Los partidos políticos en Colombia:: entre la realidad y la ficción

Political parties are indeed the main political actors in a democracy. No one could doubt that the correct performance of political parties strengthen the people�s government regime. In Colombia the rule applies with no exceptions. The first part of this article, analyzes the origins of Colombia�s p...

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Main Author: Gechem S., Carlos Eduardo
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Externado de Colombia 2009
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Online Access:http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=3135095
Source:Revista Derecho del Estado, ISSN 0122-9893, Nº. 23, 2009, pags. 131-146
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Summary: Political parties are indeed the main political actors in a democracy. No one could doubt that the correct performance of political parties strengthen the people�s government regime. In Colombia the rule applies with no exceptions. The first part of this article, analyzes the origins of Colombia�s political parties. The study is based on the cleavage theory, which states that political parties result from real social revolutions. Furthermore, typology and financing of political parties are studied. Subsequently, this paper studies the Colombian party system. The critical analysis of the apparent bi-partidism demonstrates that the party system changes and reflects the reality of national democracy.