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Colombia’s 2018 presidential elections: candidates, independent and pseudo-candidates ; Las elecciones presidenciales de Colombia en 2018 Candidatos, autocandidatos y seudocandidatos

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    • Publication Information:
      Universidad Católica Luis Amigó
    • Publication Date:
      2020
    • Collection:
      Fundación Universitaria Luis Amigó (FUNLAM): Revistas en Línea
    • Abstract:
      This paper analyses the different types of candidacies and the dynamics of strategic coordination implemented through parties’ and candidates’ coalitions during Colombia’s 2018 presidential elections. Twomain arguments are discussed. First, the combination of electoral rules allowing independent candidacies, the increase of personalization of politics and the weak organizational structure of political parties, as well have led to an electoral competition having both partisan and non-partisan candidates, and likewise fictitious candidates whose main purpose is not the competition itself but being entitled to secondary benefits and political positioning. Second, within a competitive-fragmented scenario and weak party’s coalitions emerged as paramount to ensure electoralsuccess. ; El presente artículo analiza los tipos de candidaturas y las dinámicas de coordinación estratégica a través de coaliciones entre partidos y candidatos en las elecciones presidenciales en Colombia en 2018. En él se sustentan dos argumentos centrales: primero, la combinación de reglas electorales que permiten candidatu- ras no partidistas, la alta personalización de la política y la debilidad organizativa de los partidos conducen a una competencia electoral con candidatos partidistas y no partidistas, además de candidatos ficticios cuyo objetivo central no es competir sino buscar réditos secundarios y posicionamiento político. Segundo, en el escenario competitivo fragmentado y con partidos débiles se imponen las coaliciones como imperativo de éxito electoral.
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    • Relation:
      https://revistas.ucatolicaluisamigo.edu.co/index.php/RCCS/article/view/2995/pdf; https://revistas.ucatolicaluisamigo.edu.co/index.php/RCCS/article/view/2995/3308; https://revistas.ucatolicaluisamigo.edu.co/index.php/RCCS/article/view/2995
    • Accession Number:
      10.21501/22161201.2995
    • Online Access:
      https://doi.org/10.21501/22161201.2995
      https://revistas.ucatolicaluisamigo.edu.co/index.php/RCCS/article/view/2995
    • Rights:
      Derechos de autor 2020 Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Sociales ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
    • Accession Number:
      edsbas.BD2B8EDC