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 at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs at Leiden University, Netherlands.