When does a Party System Change? An Electoral Analysis Perspective from the Colombian Case

<p>This article looks at the change in the Colombian party system, using an electoral analysis perspective. Using a principal component analysis, it identifies the territorial structures in the electoral behaviour of the country for the Senate elections over the past two decades. Results show...

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Main Author: Yann BASSET
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Language:Spanish
Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2018-05-01
Series:América Latina Hoy
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Online Access:https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1130-2887/article/view/14436
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description <p>This article looks at the change in the Colombian party system, using an electoral analysis perspective. Using a principal component analysis, it identifies the territorial structures in the electoral behaviour of the country for the Senate elections over the past two decades. Results show that the 2003 political reform encouraged the reorganization of the party system among the traditional liberal/conservative cleavage, now expressed by a multi-party system. The 2014 elections suggest a deeper change.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-a50437c019a34ddc96a6e46f6dbd998d2022-12-21T17:50:32ZspaEdiciones Universidad de SalamancaAmérica Latina Hoy1130-28872340-43962018-05-0178010712610.14201/alh20187810712615844When does a Party System Change? An Electoral Analysis Perspective from the Colombian CaseYann BASSET0Universidad del Rosario<p>This article looks at the change in the Colombian party system, using an electoral analysis perspective. Using a principal component analysis, it identifies the territorial structures in the electoral behaviour of the country for the Senate elections over the past two decades. Results show that the 2003 political reform encouraged the reorganization of the party system among the traditional liberal/conservative cleavage, now expressed by a multi-party system. The 2014 elections suggest a deeper change.</p>https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1130-2887/article/view/14436partidos políticossistema de partidoscolombiaeleccionesanálisis territorialpolitical partiesparty systemcolombiaelectionsterritorial analysis
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When does a Party System Change? An Electoral Analysis Perspective from the Colombian Case
América Latina Hoy
partidos políticos
sistema de partidos
colombia
elecciones
análisis territorial
political parties
party system
colombia
elections
territorial analysis
title When does a Party System Change? An Electoral Analysis Perspective from the Colombian Case
title_full When does a Party System Change? An Electoral Analysis Perspective from the Colombian Case
title_fullStr When does a Party System Change? An Electoral Analysis Perspective from the Colombian Case
title_full_unstemmed When does a Party System Change? An Electoral Analysis Perspective from the Colombian Case
title_short When does a Party System Change? An Electoral Analysis Perspective from the Colombian Case
title_sort when does a party system change an electoral analysis perspective from the colombian case
topic partidos políticos
sistema de partidos
colombia
elecciones
análisis territorial
political parties
party system
colombia
elections
territorial analysis
url https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1130-2887/article/view/14436
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