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Reclutamiento político subnacional. Composición social y carreras políticas de los gobernadores en Argentina

No. 91 (2017-07-01)
  • Germán Lodola
    Universidad Torcuato di Tella – CONICET (Argentina)

Resumen

En los últimos años creció el interés académico por el estudio de los gobernadores en América Latina. Pero existen muy pocos trabajos sobre el proceso de reclutamiento político de estos individuos. Este artículo examina el rol de variables informales relacionadas con los orígenes sociales de los gobernadores, y de variables formales vinculadas a la estructura (alcance y movilidad) de sus carreras políticas. Estas cuestiones son analizadas en Argentina, donde históricamente los gobernadores han sido actores poderosos, a través de una base de datos autobiográficos inédita para el periodo 1983-2014. La evidencia empírica da cuenta de que los mandatarios provinciales poseen ciertos rasgos sociales destacables: son mayormente hombres, de edad intermedia y origen de clase media urbana, desarrollan profesiones tradicionales, y un número considerable tiene, además, vínculos políticos familiares. Por otro lado, los datos indican que los gobernadores despliegan principalmente tres modalidades de carreras previas a la conquista de la gobernación: concentrada en la burocracia provincial, integrada con el Congreso nacional y expandida desde el nivel municipal de la política.

Palabras clave: Argentina (Thesaurus), gobernadores, política subnacional, reclutamiento político, carreras políticas, relaciones familiares (autor)

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