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Confidence in Political Institutions, Crisis of Parties and Role of Media in Argentina (In Spanish)

2007; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Espanhol

1556-5068

José Eduardo Jorge,

Political Theory and Democracy

Confidence in core institutions of democracy such as political parties and Congress has experienced increasing erosion in Argentina. An analysis based on survey data on the credibility of institutions since 1984 explores the causes of this process and reveals that government and media are capable of regaining public confidence. However, the crisis of parties and the impact of television are deepening the phenomena of “personalization of politics” and the so called “democracy of candidates”. Key pending tasks to make progress toward a consolidated democracy in Argentina are the rebuilding of party organizations and the restoration of the role of Congress.La confianza en instituciones politicas centrales de la democracia, como los partidos y el Congreso, experimenta en la Argentina una creciente erosion. El analisis de datos de encuestas sobre la credibilidad de las instituciones a partir de 1984 explora las causas de este proceso y revela que el gobierno y los medios de comunicacion se muestran capaces de recuperar la confianza publica. Sin embargo, la crisis de los partidos y el impacto de la television estan acentuando los fenomenos de “personalizacion de la politica” y de la “democracia de candidatos”. La reconstruccion de un espacio partidario y la revalorizacion del Congreso constituyen tareas pendientes para avanzar en la consolidacion de la democracia argentina.