Authoritarian presidentialism against decentralized federalism. Venezuela 1999-2016
In Venezuela, decentralized federalism began in 1989 when governors and mayors were elected for the first time. The experiment lasted nine years: from 1990 to 1998. Beginning with Hugo Chavez’s government, decentralization has weakened because it runs against the revolutionary objectives and also be...
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Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | http://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rel/article/view/58306 http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=mx/mx-047&d=article58306oai |
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| Sumario: | In Venezuela, decentralized federalism began in 1989 when governors and mayors were elected for the first time. The experiment lasted nine years: from 1990 to 1998. Beginning with Hugo Chavez’s government, decentralization has weakened because it runs against the revolutionary objectives and also because the government intends to keep power on to itself. Chavez’ authoritarian modeldenies sharing the power. Federal institutions (also called states) and local governments are important assets of democracy today. Because of that, both levels are very important in the political process. The current government is working hard to create a communal State, one that gets rid of local government institutions. This paper studies the tensions between both models during the period of 1999-2016. |
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