Fortalecimiento de tendencias delegativas en la democracia venezolana durante la Revolución Bolivariana

Abstract

The 1998 election of Hugo Chávez as President of Venezuelamarked the beginning of a new phenomenon regarding politicalpersonalization in the old Venezuelan democracy. Besides beingan outsider, Chávez has governed with a certain authoritarianshade, always using a concept of discourse radically opposed tothe market economy. However, beyond revisiting the abovementioned elements to the level of functioning of thegovernment, the purpose of this article was to describe, from theoptics of the functioning of the democratic regime, some of theprincipal indicators that show the delegative tendency, which hasacquired the Venezuelan democracy as a structural characterfrom the governments of Chávez. In this respect, it has beenobserved that the use of delegative strategies of government has,more and more, spoiled the weak checks and balances of State,from an institutional point of view. Nevertheless, it not hasmanaged, up to this moment, to spoil the basic proceduralnucleus of the polyarchical game existing in Venezuela.