ResumenEste trabajo aporta evidencia empírica sobre una cuestión poco investigada en América Latina: los modos de representación. Se analiza en particular un posible dilema del parlamentario en su actividad de representación: anteponer los intereses de su partido o los de los ciudadanos de su distrito. Para el estudio empírico, se recurrió a una encuesta a asesores parlamentarios de los principales partidos bolivianos y chilenos. Los argumentos fundamentales del análisis son dos. Primero, si bien la preferencia general entre los diputados es priorizar los intereses del distrito por encima de los del partido, hay diferencias significativas entre los diputados bolivianos y chilenos. Segundo, el análisis exploratorio muestra la naturaleza multicausal de las preferencias respecto a los intereses de representación. Se constata la influencia de un grupo diverso de factores relacionados con las características del diputado, del partido y del entorno socioeconómico e institucional.
AbstractThis paper provides empirical evidence on a topic that has been hardly analyzed in Latin America: representatives modes of representation. It specifically focuses on whether representatives promote party interests or constituency interests. Data have been obtained from surveys applied to representatives and political advisers from Chilean and Bolivian main political parties. Two are the key arguments. First, despite representatives' generalized preference for defending district interests' more than party interests, significant differences between Bolivian and Chilean deputies are found. Second, exploratory analysis shows the multicausal nature of representatives' interests, including variables related to representatives, their parties as well as their socio-economic and institutional environment.Palabras clave: modos de representación, actividad distrital, parlamentarios, Chile, Bolivia.
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