Balotaje y elecciones primarias en Uruguay: un estudio desde la difusión de ideas y el marco de corrientes múltiples
The central aim of this article is to determine why the electoral reform that installed the two-round election and the single presidential candidacy per party in Uruguay occurred in 1996 and not at any other time. Two theoretical approaches are used: first we will show, through the process of diffus...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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2021
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| Online Access: | https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=8758438 |
| Source: | Revista chilena de derecho y ciencia política, ISSN 0718-9389, Vol. 12, Nº. 1, 2021 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Vol.12, N°1), pags. 185-218 |
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The central aim of this article is to determine why the electoral reform that installed the two-round election and the single presidential candidacy per party in Uruguay occurred in 1996 and not at any other time. Two theoretical approaches are used: first we will show, through the process of diffusion of ideas, that similar institutional modifications have been propagated by different electoral and political systems in Latin America; second, multiple stream frameworks will allow a novel and very specific analysis of the Uruguayan electoral reform. Consequently it will be argued that, beyond the rational and short-term interests of the promoters of the reform, there was a regional context and a window of opportunity born in 1995 that supported the process |
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