Voting Amid Violence: Electoral Democracy in ColombiaUPNE, 2009 - 240 páginas Despite endemic political violence, Colombia has one of the oldest electoral democracies in the Western Hemisphere. In this long-awaited, indispensable study, author Steven L. Taylor argues that an understanding of Colombia’s political development requires understanding the evolution of its political parties and its electoral rules. This book deals both with the specifics of Colombia and with questions concerning how electoral reform and institutional change interact with the behavior of political actors. Taylor’s argument holds clear and broader implications for the study of civil democracy in an atmosphere of political violence around the world today, and they have never been more relevant. |
Contenido
List of Abbreviations | 1 |
Colombian Democracy | 12 |
Cartas de Batalla | 39 |
Rethinking the Traditional Parties | 59 |
Parties Rules and Strategic Choices | 117 |
LargestRemainder Range Senate Elections 19912002 | 118 |
7 | 136 |
The State of Colombia Evaluations and Conclusions | 162 |
Afterword | 173 |
The Evolution of the Ballot in Colombia | 179 |
Notes on Electoral Data | 189 |
SetAside Seats for the 2006 Chamber | 192 |
Términos y frases comunes
1886 Constitution 1991 Constitution actors Álvaro ANAPO Antonio Navarro Wolff Available online ballot basic behavior Bogotá Cali Cartel candidate CANDIDATO Candidato Cartel Chamber changes chapter civil Colom Colombia Colombian democracy Colombian party system Colombian politics Congress congressional Conservative context crisis CUNDINAMARCA D'Hondt method democratic discussion district drug electoral democracy electoral rules electoral system example factions FARC Freedom House Further given guerrilla guerrilla groups Hare quota institutional issue La Violencia largest remainders legislative liberal democracy list proliferation list-PR lombia major Medellín Cartel National Constituent Assembly National Front noted ongoing papeleta paramilitary paramilitary groups PARTIDO LIBERAL COLOMBIANO party label party system Pastrana period PL and PC political parties political violence politicians post-Front power seekers president presidential elections problems question Rojas Shugart significant single list specific strategy Table Tiempo tion tional traditional parties Uribe Uribe's Violencia voters votes VOTO