Factores de acceso y permanencia de la élite política gubernamental en Chile (1990-2010)

Abstract

This article analyses the factors affecting access and permanence of the governmental political elite in Chile from 1990 to 2010, utilising data from a survey of 386 members of the elite who entered the political field. Only 199 cases from the survey qualify as part of the governmental elite. It presents a description of the group, a relevant permanence index, and a logistic binary regression model together with a Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). The results find a homogeneous group, and that the factors affecting access are not the same as those for permanence. It concludes that, although a technical profile facilitates access, political capital and previous participation in think tanks are more relevant for permanence in the highest political positions.

Bastián González-Bustamante

Post-doctoral Researcher

Post-doctoral Researcher in Computational Social Science and a lecturer in Governance and Development at the Institute of Public Administration at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs at Leiden University, Netherlands. Lecturer at the School of Public Administration at Universidad Diego Portales and Research Associate in Training Data Lab, Chile.