Assessing Electoral Personalism in Latin American Presidential Elections

IF 1.6 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE
D. Luján, Federico Acosta y Lara
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Abstract

Latin American democracies have been characterised as the product of personalistic leaders relying on their unique qualities to achieve and maintain political power. However, this characterisation has lacked conceptual and empirical development since the term “personalism” has been used to account simultaneously for a particular type of electoral appeal seeking to mobilise and persuade voters and for the concentration of power in a single political leader. This article advances in conceptualising electoral personalism as a strategy followed by political elites appealing to voters based on the personal characteristics of leaders and candidates, distinguishing it from personalisation as the concentration of power in a single leader. Based on statistical analysis, we propose two novel indicators of electoral personalism and assess its prevalence among Latin American countries. The article also advances in exploring its political, economic, and social determinants at the aggregate and individual levels.
评估拉丁美洲总统选举中的选举个人主义
拉美民主政体一直被认为是个人主义领导人依靠其独特品质取得并维持政治权力的产物。然而,由于 "个人主义 "一词被用来同时解释一种寻求动员和说服选民的特殊选举诉求以及权力集中于单一政治领导人的情况,因此这种定性缺乏概念和经验上的发展。本文将选举个人主义概念化,将其视为政治精英根据领导人和候选人的个人特点吸引选民的一种策略,并将其与权力集中于单一领导人的个人化区分开来。基于统计分析,我们提出了两个新的选举个人主义指标,并评估了其在拉美国家的流行程度。文章还从总体和个人层面探讨了其政治、经济和社会决定因素。
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