Palabras clave
ambición, carrera política, Parlamento, Centroamérica.
Resumen
El presente artículo tiene como objetivo estudiar la ambición política de los parlamentarios. Más concretamente se trata de ver cuáles son los puestos a los que les gustaría acceder una vez finalizado el cargo de representante y qué variables influyen sobre los deseos políticos de los diputados a la hora de continuar con su carrera política. La estructura de oportunidades que rodea a los parlamentarios ejerce una influencia importante sobre sus opciones políticas. Por estructura de oportunidades o contexto se entiende un conjunto de aspectos institucionales y también cuestiones de tipo personal. Sin embargo, la estructura de oportunidades generada por los sistemas unitarios y unicamerales así como la disposición que prohíbe la reelección inmediata, inhibe la continuidad de la carrera política y modifica la ambición política de los parlamentarios. Explicar el impacto de los contextos adversos sobre la futura carrera política de los legisladores es el objeto de este artículo. Los resultados del análisis realizado a partir de los datos de la base Elites Parlamentarias (PELA) de la Universidad de Salamanca, sugieren que la mayoría de las variables personales que la literatura ha identificado como relevantes, tienen una importancia distinta en contextos políticos adversos a la ambición política.
Keywords
ambition, political career, Parliament, Central America.
Abstract
This article studies the political ambition of parliamentarians. More specifically,
it seeks to identify which roles they would like to perform, once their term in office
ends, and which variables affect their plans to carry on with their political careers.
The structure of opportunities in which parliamentarians find themselves has an important impact on their political options. By the structure of opportunities or context we refer to institutional and personal aspects. However, certain structures of opportunities produced by unitary, one-chamber systems as well as the prohibition of immediate re-election prevent the continuity of political careers and modify parliamentarians’ political ambition. The aim of this study is to explain the impact of adverse contexts on the future political careers of legislators. The results of analyses carried out with data from the Parliamentary Elites database (PELA), suggest that the majority of personal variables that the literature has identified as relevant have different levels of importance in political contexts that do not encourage political ambition.
it seeks to identify which roles they would like to perform, once their term in office
ends, and which variables affect their plans to carry on with their political careers.
The structure of opportunities in which parliamentarians find themselves has an important impact on their political options. By the structure of opportunities or context we refer to institutional and personal aspects. However, certain structures of opportunities produced by unitary, one-chamber systems as well as the prohibition of immediate re-election prevent the continuity of political careers and modify parliamentarians’ political ambition. The aim of this study is to explain the impact of adverse contexts on the future political careers of legislators. The results of analyses carried out with data from the Parliamentary Elites database (PELA), suggest that the majority of personal variables that the literature has identified as relevant have different levels of importance in political contexts that do not encourage political ambition.