A history of two congresses? Change and continuity in the operation of the Argentine Congress under the Cambiemos government

The literature on the Argentine Congress has contended that its agenda and working dynamics depend on the instructions from provincial political leaders, who control the political careers of legislators, and from the President, who controls the fiscal resources with which provincial governments fina...

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Autores principales: Bonvecchi, Alejandro, Cherny, Nicolás
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Instituto de Investigación y Formación en Administración Pública (IIFAP-FCS-UNC) 2020
Materias:
Argentina
Congress
Legislation
Parties
Presidency
Congreso
Legislación
Partidos
Presidencia
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/APyS/article/view/30828
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Administración Pública y Sociedad (APyS) de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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spelling I10-R357-article-308282022-07-05T03:29:44Z A history of two congresses? Change and continuity in the operation of the Argentine Congress under the Cambiemos government ¿Historia de dos congresos? Cambios y continuidades en el funcionamiento del Congreso Argentino bajo el gobierno de Cambiemos Bonvecchi, Alejandro Cherny, Nicolás Argentina Congress Legislation Parties Presidency Argentina Congreso Legislación Partidos Presidencia The literature on the Argentine Congress has contended that its agenda and working dynamics depend on the instructions from provincial political leaders, who control the political careers of legislators, and from the President, who controls the fiscal resources with which provincial governments finance themselves. Accordingly, Congress has been characterized by low fragmentation, high party discipline, and a clear divide between government and opposition, which have resulted in sustained success rates for the Executive's legislation, and agenda control by the majority or plurality party. However, the working of Congress under the minority coalition government of Cambiemos suggests the opposite: more fragmentation, less discipline, less clarity in the government-opposition cleavage, a smaller agenda, and less legislative success for the Executive. Does this mean that the dynamics of Congress as we hitherto knew it has changed? This article argues that is not the case, because in other periods with minority presidents and relatively high legislative fragmentation there were similar problems for agenda setting, meeting, and passing bills. La literatura sobre el Congreso argentino ha sostenido que su agenda y dinámica de funcionamiento dependen de los dictados de los líderes políticos provinciales, que controlan las carreras políticas de los legisladores, y del Presidente, que controla los recursos fiscales con que se financian los gobiernos provinciales. Por ello, el Congreso se ha caracterizado por la baja fragmentación, la alta disciplina partidaria y una clara división gobierno-oposición, que han resultado en sostenidas tasas de éxito del Ejecutivo y control de la agenda por la mayoría o pluralidad. Sin embargo, el funcionamiento del Congreso bajo el gobierno de coalición minoritaria de Cambiemos sugiere lo contrario: hay más fragmentación, menos disciplina, menor claridad en la división gobierno-oposición, menor agenda y menos éxito del Ejecutivo. ¿Significa esto que la dinámica del Congreso tal como se conoció hasta ahora ha cambiado? Este artículo argumenta que ello no es el caso, pues en otros períodos con presidentes minoritarios y fragmentación relativamente más alta hubo similares problemas para agendar, sesionar y aprobar proyectos de ley. Instituto de Investigación y Formación en Administración Pública (IIFAP-FCS-UNC) 2020-12-18 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/APyS/article/view/30828 Administración Pública y Sociedad (APyS); Núm. 10 (2020): Julio - Diciembre ; 78-97 2524-9568 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/APyS/article/view/30828/32229 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/APyS/article/view/30828/32230 Derechos de autor 2020 Alejandro Bonvecchi, Nicolás Cherny http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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Legislation
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Presidency
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Congreso
Legislación
Partidos
Presidencia
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Bonvecchi, Alejandro
Cherny, Nicolás
A history of two congresses? Change and continuity in the operation of the Argentine Congress under the Cambiemos government
topic_facet Argentina
Congress
Legislation
Parties
Presidency
Argentina
Congreso
Legislación
Partidos
Presidencia
author Bonvecchi, Alejandro
Cherny, Nicolás
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Cherny, Nicolás
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title A history of two congresses? Change and continuity in the operation of the Argentine Congress under the Cambiemos government
title_short A history of two congresses? Change and continuity in the operation of the Argentine Congress under the Cambiemos government
title_full A history of two congresses? Change and continuity in the operation of the Argentine Congress under the Cambiemos government
title_fullStr A history of two congresses? Change and continuity in the operation of the Argentine Congress under the Cambiemos government
title_full_unstemmed A history of two congresses? Change and continuity in the operation of the Argentine Congress under the Cambiemos government
title_sort history of two congresses? change and continuity in the operation of the argentine congress under the cambiemos government
description The literature on the Argentine Congress has contended that its agenda and working dynamics depend on the instructions from provincial political leaders, who control the political careers of legislators, and from the President, who controls the fiscal resources with which provincial governments finance themselves. Accordingly, Congress has been characterized by low fragmentation, high party discipline, and a clear divide between government and opposition, which have resulted in sustained success rates for the Executive's legislation, and agenda control by the majority or plurality party. However, the working of Congress under the minority coalition government of Cambiemos suggests the opposite: more fragmentation, less discipline, less clarity in the government-opposition cleavage, a smaller agenda, and less legislative success for the Executive. Does this mean that the dynamics of Congress as we hitherto knew it has changed? This article argues that is not the case, because in other periods with minority presidents and relatively high legislative fragmentation there were similar problems for agenda setting, meeting, and passing bills.
publisher Instituto de Investigación y Formación en Administración Pública (IIFAP-FCS-UNC)
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