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      DEMOCRACIA CRISTIANA Y CONCERTACIÓN: LOS CASOS DE CHILE, ITALIA Y ALEMANIA

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          ¿Será tan sólo una coincidencia que la Democracia Cristiana -o sectores de la misma- gobierne actualmente con la izquierda socialista o socialdemócrata, en Chile, Italia y Alemania? Sin descartar tal posibilidad, especialmente en consideración a la volatilidad político-electoral de Italia, y el carácter aparentemente coyuntural de la alianza entre la Merkel y la Social Democracia en Alemania, los autores sostienen que tal vez existan razones más profundas para explicar este tipo de coaliciones, teniendo particularmente en cuenta la experiencia de la "Concertación" en Chile (1990-2010). Basados en un enfoque histórico-descriptivo, señalan que la crisis del Estado de Bienestar, en Europa, y la necesidad de un nuevo impulso en términos de crecimiento económico, competitividad e innovación, y la realidad extendida de la pobreza, la desigualdad y la exclusión, en América Latina, en el contexto más global de la post-Guerra Fría y la globalización, hacen necesario algún tipo de alianza capaz de darle un cauce de expresión política a la nueva mayoría social. Transformar la mayoría social en una mayoría política, que es lo central de la experiencia de la Concertación en Chile, bien pudiera ser la fórmula que explica la actual política de alianzas de la democracia cristiana en los tres países mencionados. El carácter más secular que religioso de la Democracia Cristiana, tanto en Europa como en América Latina, contrariamente a lo que se piensa, facilitaría este encuentro entre Democracia Cristiana y Social Democracia. Finalmente, la menor intensidad ideológica, la dinámica de la competencia electoral y la existencia de ciertas coyunturas favorables, ayudarían a explicar el surgimiento de este nuevo tipo de coaliciones políticas

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          Is it only a coincidence that presently Christian Democracy -or sectors that belonged to it- form part of political coalitions with the social democrats or socialists in Chile, Italy and Germany? Without dismissing such a possibility due to the volatility of Italian politics and the special circumstances that led to the formation of the coalition between Merkel and SPD in Germany, the authors argue that perhaps there are more profound reasons that explain these political alliances. This is especially clear in the experience of the "Concertación" in Chile (1990-2010). Based on a historic-descriptive approach, the authors argue that the crisis of the Welfare State and the need for a new impulse in terms of economic growth, competitiveness and innovation, in Europe, and the pervasive reality of poverty, inequality and exclusion, in Latin America, call for a different kind of alliances to give political expression to the social majority. Both processes should be understood within the broader context of the post Cold War period, post-authoritarianism and globalization. To transform the social majority into a political majority, which is the true meaning of the experience of the "Concertación", in Chile, could well be what explains the current political alliances of Christian Democracy in these three countries. In addition, the rather secular character of Christian democracy, in Europe and Latin America -contrary to what is usually thought- has facilitated this coming together of Christian democracy and social democracy. Finally, the diminishing ideological intensity, the dynamics of electoral competition and the existence of certain favourable and special circumstances, would help to explain the emergence of these political coalitions

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                Journal
                revcipol
                Revista de ciencia política (Santiago)
                Rev. cienc. polít. (Santiago)
                Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia Política (Santiago, , Chile )
                0718-090X
                2006
                : 26
                : 2
                : 77-96
                Affiliations
                [01] orgnameCIEPLAN orgdiv1CORPORACIÓN DE ESTUDIOS PARA LATINOAMÉRICA CHILE
                [02] orgnameUNIVERSIDAD ALBERTO HURTADO CHILE
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                S0718-090X2006000200004 S0718-090X(06)02600204
                10.4067/S0718-090X2006000200004
                40ab1ec2-11da-499d-b271-0e73e5445180

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                Democracia en Europa y América Latina,Democracia Cristiana,Alianzas políticas,Política en Europa y América Latina,Partidos políticos

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