El hiperpresidencialismo: una aproximación desde la perspectiva de la teoría política.

Hyper-presidentialism: an approximation from the perspective of the political theory.

LATIN American literature; POLITICAL systems; POPULISM; CRITICAL analysis; PERENNIALS

Este artículo retoma el debate sobre dos temas sempiternos de la literatura política latinoamericana: el presidencialismo y el populismo, presentando como novedad el no analizarlos individualmente, mas como elementos determinantes del sistema político de los diferentes contextos nacionales de la región, donde se presenta el fenómeno del hiperpresidencialismo. El tema del hiperpresidencialismo es analizado desde una perspectiva teórica y en términos políticos, de acuerdo a los cuales se hipotetiza que la interacción entre presidencialismo y populismo es la causa de la existencia de un gobierno hiperpresidencialista, particularmente cuando ocurran específicas condiciones factuales, que resultarían de la adopción del estilo populista por parte de un mandatario. Es así que, a partir de una amplia revisión bibliográfica basada en la producción scientífica sobre el contexto latinoamericano (aunque no se tratarán casos específicos, sino que se propondrá una base teórica para futuros estudios de caso) y mediante un análisis crítico y combinado de fuentes que analizan tanto las experiencias presidencialistas como populistas en la región considerada, se propone una dinámica descriptiva de la interacción antes mencionada. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper takes up the debate on two perennial topics of Latin American political literature: presidentialism and populism, presenting them not individually as a novelty, but as determining elements of the political system of the different regional national contexts, where it is presented the phenomenon of hyper-presidentialism. The topic of hyper-presidentialism is analyzed from a theoretical perspective and in political terms, according to which it is hypothesized that the interaction between presidentialism and populism is the cause for the existence of an hyper-presidential government, particularly when specific factual conditions occur, which would result from the adoption of the populist style by a mandatary. Thus, based on an extensive bibliographic review based on scientific production on the Latin American context (although, the paper specific cases will not be threated, on the contrary, a theoretical base will be set for futures case-studies) and through a critical and combined analysis of sources that analyze both the presidential and populist experiences of the region under consideration, a descriptive dynamic of the interaction is proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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