El desarrollo endógeno es un tema prioritario en la agenda municipal, atento el rol de liderazgo que les compete en este proceso. A raíz de distintos procesos de descentralización operados desde el nivel central de gobierno hacia los subnacionales, los municipios se han visto obligados a diseñar estrategias y políticas públicas conjuntas con los distintos actores locales, individuos, organizaciones, políticos y asociaciones de la sociedad civil en general, en la búsqueda de soluciones a las problemáticas que plantea la sociedad hoy. En este trabajo se intentará analizar cómo se inserta el gobierno local, en tanto articulador de los esfuerzos de la comunidad, dentro de la estructura federal en la República Argentina, el rol asignado y los recursos de que dispone para una eficaz gestión de sus prioridades, focalizando el análisis en las preferencias de los intendentes sobre el gasto público y sobre la real capacidad financiera de estos entes locales. El trabajo finaliza con algunas conclusiones preliminares acerca de las posibilidades reales de los gobiernos locales en Argentina y de su efectiva capacidad para transformarse en motores o impulsores del desarrollo local.
This article analyzes evolution and change in the party system in Argentina. Starting from literature emphasizing the effects of territorialisation over the political party system, the article assesses the relevance of the territorial dimension as a key variable in party politics in Argentina. In order to describe this evolution and change, two variables are combined, one institutional and one capturing the material characteristics of the different constituencies. The focus of the analysis is purely national and, as a consequence, so are the parties which are its actors. The impact of territorialization is analyzed on the basis of their territorial organization and electoral performance over the past 30 years. After analyzing each party individually, the paper concludes with a discussion of the dynamics of the entire party system. The hypothesis is that the existence of different territories endowed with specific socioeconomic characteristics and political autonomy, combined with a particular electoral system and set of laws regulating party political structure, contributes to some extent to a heightened chance that party structures will fragment. All this translates into tension within the party structure – something that could itself produce fragmentation within the party – and, in more general terms, fragmentation of the entire party system.
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