Colombia Internacional

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Government Partisanship in Presidential Systems: An Analytical Strategy

No. 120 (2024-10-09)
  • Marcelo Camerlo
    Instituto de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Lisboa (Portugal)
  • Luis Bernardo Mejía Guinand
    Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)
https://doi.org/10.7440/colombiaint120.2024.01

Abstract

Objective/context: Based on a definition consistent with the party government model, this article proposes a flexible typology to categorize and classify variants of partisanship in Latin American coalition presidential systems. Methodology: We advance a measurement strategy that, based on the assumptions of governmental partisanship, allows representing the individual-organizational link of cabinet members as committed, eventually consolidated, and hierarchical. This typology enables to measure the concept of governmental partisanship nominally, ordinally, and dichotomously. Conclusions: The measurement strategy makes it possible to observe a significant range of partisanship variation in Latin American coalition presidential systems. Additionally, it provides insights into how presidents decide on the composition of their cabinet. Originality: We propose an innovative approach to categorize and classify variants of partisanship in government.

Keywords: measurement strategy, party government model, presidentialism, variants of partisanship

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