Transition modes and institutional outcomes in El Salvador and Guatemala
Cardenal, Ana Sofía
Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials. Barcelona, Catalunya

Imprint: Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials (Barcelona, Catalunya) 2006
Abstract: Institutions affect key dimensions of the political process -policy, stability, and conflict. The choice of institutions is thus consequential. I argue that transition modes affect the choice of institutions in predictable and systematic ways. The more balanced power is between the two main bargaining forces -regime elite and opposition- the likelier that the resulting institutions will be pluralistic. Contrarily, the more unbalanced power is in favour of regime elites vis a vis the opposition, the likelier that institutions will be majoritarian. The argument is tested for El Salvador and Guatemala.
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Language: Anglès
Series: Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials. Working papers
Series: Working papers (Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials (Barcelona, Catalunya)) ; 246
Document: Working paper
Subject: El Salvador ; Política i govern ; Guatemala



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