Argentina has been a yo-yo when it comes to their democracy standing. Under many umbrellas, they are considered a democratic nation. According to “worldatlas” Argentina is considered a Presidential Representative Democratic Republic (2016, October 13), however, while many blocks could be checked to consider them fully democratic many factors could rebut this qualification. In order to break their government inner workings down I will go through various topics to see where Argentina could be placed within the rest of the democratic nations. Democratic categories to look in to are liberal democracy, polyarchy, and minimalist view democracy. At the conclusion of this analyst it will be clear they are a democratic nation within the three.
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Where does that take them now? They do have governmental aspects that clearly show they are democratic nation. The second type of democracy is Polyarchy, an institutional arrangement that permits public opposition and establishes the right to participate in politics. (class notes) According to Dahl, if there is participation from the overall citizens and contestation then a nation is democratic. Argentina as of 2015 election fulfilled each requirement. President Mauricio Macri, Combiomos, is the first explicit conservative president since 1916. (2015, December 01) Each year multiple parties ran however only one was ever getting enough votes to be elected into office. The primary party that had been winning was called “Front for Victory” and was the party Marci defeated in the runoff election November of 2015. (2015, November 23). As previously stated under Liberal Democracy no one is barred from voting, which fulfills the second main qualification for Dahl’s break down of Polyarchy. To expand a bit farther, even though Argentina is not out of the woods for corruption citizens can feel free to express themselves. The LGBT community has the greatest proof of this. They are able to freely be open and serve in uniform to defend their country. Government has gone an additional step by mandating that one percent of the public positions are to be filled by transgender citizens. (2016) …show more content…
Argentina falls mostly within this category as well as Polyarchy. A minimalist view builds on Dahl’s contestation rule. Each office is elected and has term limits with exception of the Judicial Branch. The citizens have multiple parties that are allowed to run. Over the last four elections a total of 11 parties have ran in different combinations. With this being stated they clearly have contestation within the presidential elections. The final portion of Przeworski definition for a nation to be labeled as democratic is where Argentina is only as of late fulfilled, there has been an alternation in power under identical electoral rules. (class notes) In order to give them a minimalist view for democracy the election in 2019 will show if there can be a successful alternation in power. Since President Marci is the first conservative in nearly 100 years Argentina cannot be listed as a democracy under the minimalist view. It would be labeled a
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Where does that take them now? They do have governmental aspects that clearly show they are democratic nation. The second type of democracy is Polyarchy, an institutional arrangement that permits public opposition and establishes the right to participate in politics. (class notes) According to Dahl, if there is participation from the overall citizens and contestation then a nation is democratic. Argentina as of 2015 election fulfilled each requirement. President Mauricio Macri, Combiomos, is the first explicit conservative president since 1916. (2015, December 01) Each year multiple parties ran however only one was ever getting enough votes to be elected into office. The primary party that had been winning was called “Front for Victory” and was the party Marci defeated in the runoff election November of 2015. (2015, November 23). As previously stated under Liberal Democracy no one is barred from voting, which fulfills the second main qualification for Dahl’s break down of Polyarchy. To expand a bit farther, even though Argentina is not out of the woods for corruption citizens can feel free to express themselves. The LGBT community has the greatest proof of this. They are able to freely be open and serve in uniform to defend their country. Government has gone an additional step by mandating that one percent of the public positions are to be filled by transgender citizens. (2016) …show more content…
Argentina falls mostly within this category as well as Polyarchy. A minimalist view builds on Dahl’s contestation rule. Each office is elected and has term limits with exception of the Judicial Branch. The citizens have multiple parties that are allowed to run. Over the last four elections a total of 11 parties have ran in different combinations. With this being stated they clearly have contestation within the presidential elections. The final portion of Przeworski definition for a nation to be labeled as democratic is where Argentina is only as of late fulfilled, there has been an alternation in power under identical electoral rules. (class notes) In order to give them a minimalist view for democracy the election in 2019 will show if there can be a successful alternation in power. Since President Marci is the first conservative in nearly 100 years Argentina cannot be listed as a democracy under the minimalist view. It would be labeled a