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Daniel Chasquetti

2008

Uruguay

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Uruguay 2007: El Complejo Año De Las Reformas, Daniel Chasquetti Jan 2008

Uruguay 2007: El Complejo Año De Las Reformas, Daniel Chasquetti

Daniel Chasquetti

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Presidential Candidate Selection In Uruguay 1942-2004, Daniel Buquet, Daniel Chasquetti Jan 2008

Presidential Candidate Selection In Uruguay 1942-2004, Daniel Buquet, Daniel Chasquetti

Daniel Chasquetti

This article deals with the presidential candidates’ selection process in both before and after the constitutional reform of 1997. Given the peculiar characteristics of the electoral Uruguayan system, the process of the candidates’ selection will be discussed at two levels: the parties’ selection and the party internal fractions. This work will account for the institutional variables which affect the candidates’ selection process and the political consequences of the selection of presidential candidates’ type. In the first instance, we have two questions to answer: I) How do the fractions select their candidates?, and II) How do the parties select their candidates? …