Elecciones y régimen político en los Estados Unidos
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2016
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Las elecciones generales, y en particular las
elecciones presidenciales en sistemas presidencialistas,
son mucho más que instancias en las
que se seleccionan representantes. Las elecciones
generales son acontecimientos deliberativos
que, como aquí se propone, podrían denominarse
“escenas deliberativas institucionalizadas”.
La elección presidencial de 2016 en los Estados
Unidos fue una escena deliberativa institucionalizada
particularmente relevante para el futuro
del régimen político estadounidense. Inscripto
en el marco conceptual elaborado por Claude
Lefort, el artículo sugiere una rearticulación parcial
de su tipología de regímenes políticos para,
a partir de esa rearticulación –y en paralelo con
la teorización de regímenes constitucionales de
Bruce Ackerman– abocarse a la consideración
de la incidencia de este proceso electoral en un
Estados Unidos todavía dominado por las transformaciones
culturales y políticas generadas por
los atentados terroristas del 11 de septiembre de
2001
General elections, and particularly presidential elections in presidentialist systems, are much more than instances for the selection of representatives. Here it is suggested that general elections are deliberative events that could be called “institutionalized deliberative scenes”. The presidential election of 2016 in the United States was an institutionalized deliberative scene particularly relevant for the future of the American political regime. Inscribed in Claude Lefort’s conceptual framework, the article puts forward a partial re-articulation of his typology of political regimes in order to—and in parallel with Bruce Ackerman’s theorization of constitutional regimes—proceed to the analysis of this electoral process’ incidence on a United States still under the spell of the cultural and political transformations generated by the September 11th of 2001 terrorist attacks.
General elections, and particularly presidential elections in presidentialist systems, are much more than instances for the selection of representatives. Here it is suggested that general elections are deliberative events that could be called “institutionalized deliberative scenes”. The presidential election of 2016 in the United States was an institutionalized deliberative scene particularly relevant for the future of the American political regime. Inscribed in Claude Lefort’s conceptual framework, the article puts forward a partial re-articulation of his typology of political regimes in order to—and in parallel with Bruce Ackerman’s theorization of constitutional regimes—proceed to the analysis of this electoral process’ incidence on a United States still under the spell of the cultural and political transformations generated by the September 11th of 2001 terrorist attacks.
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Elecciones, Lefort, Claude, Ackerman, Bruce, Estados Unidos, Politics, Elections, Política