| Revista: | Revista de sociologia e politica |
| Base de datos: | CLASE |
| Número de sistema: | 000537575 |
| ISSN: | 0104-4478 |
| Autores: | Serrafero, Mario Daniel1 Eberhardt, María Laura1 |
| Instituciones: | 1Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires. Argentina |
| Año: | 2020 |
| Volumen: | 28 |
| Número: | 74 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Español |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Analítico |
| Resumen en español | Resultados: Tras el desarrollo de la investigación, se plantea la siguiente sugerencia: si el reemplazo se lleva a cabo por vía no electoral, las solicitudes de revocatoria suelen ser escasas y mayormente convocadas por los ciudadanos para librarse de malos gobernantes. En cambio, si la sucesión se define por elecciones, la revocatoria se usa con más frecuencia, y es mayormente convocada por actores políticos que pretenden acceder anticipadamente al cargo. Discusión: Dichos resultados ponen en cuestión la verdadera utilidad de un mecanismo que ha sido creado para favorecer el control ciudadano hacia los gobernantes, debido a que su diseño institucional puede habilitar un uso indeseado del mismo, atentando contra la gobernabilidad y la estabilidad institucional |
| Resumen en inglés | Introduction: The recall is a vertical accountability mechanism incorporated in several Latin American constitutions to a greater extent since the 90s. If the result of the referendum is to revoke the representative, he ceases in office and must be arbitrated to replace it according to the regulations. Materials and methods: The assumption that runs through the article is that the mode, electoral or non-electoral, of replacement of the representatives a relevant factor to define the use given to the mechanism: as a tool of societal accountability or as an instrument of electoral political dispute. From the review of the application cases, the aim is to clarify whether it is possible to establish a relationship between: the mode of succession of a revoked agent, the number of requests for recall submitted, the quality of their promoters and the type of use given to the mechanism. For this, an exploratory study of the Latin American countries that incorporate the recall in their national Constitutions is developed. First, a normative analysis of its fundamental laws and regulations is made, in order to know the mode way of succession provided by each State. Second, an in-depth case study is carried out to observe the performance of the recall in the facts. Results: After the development of the investigation, the following suggestion is made: if the replacement is carried out by non-electoral means, the cases of recall are usually scarce and mostly called by citizens to get rid of bad rulers. On the other hand, if the succession is defined by elections, the recall is used more frequently, and mostly by political actors who intend to gain early access to office. Discussion: These results call into question the true usefulness of a mechanism that has been created to favor citizen control the rulers, because its institutional design can enable its unwanted use, undermining governability and institutional stability |
| Disciplinas: | Ciencia política, Sociología |
| Palabras clave: | Ideología, Proceso político, Revocación de mandato, Rendición de cuentas, América Latina, Sucesión, Instrumento, Leyes, Mecanismos de gobierno, Utilidad, Control civil, Manipulación política |
| Keyword: | Ideology, Political Process, Revocation of mandate, Accountability, Latin America, Succession, Instrument, Law, Governance Mechanisms, Utility, Civilian control, Political manipulation |
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