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<journal-id>0188-7653</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Perfiles latinoamericanos]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Perf. latinoam.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0188-7653</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Académica de México]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0188-76532023000100001</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18504/pl3161-001-2023</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Cuando los resortes no resisten: recentralización como estrategia autoritaria en Venezuela]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[When the springs do not resist: recentralization as an authoritarian strategy in Venezuela]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arellano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ángel]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de la República  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Uruguay</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>31</volume>
<numero>61</numero>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0188-76532023000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0188-76532023000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0188-76532023000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En este artículo se analizan los enfoques teóricos sobre democracia y autoritarismo haciéndolos dialogar con las dos décadas de la Revolución Bolivariana en Venezuela. Revisa el cambio de régimen durante el gobierno del chavismo (1999-actualidad) e identifica el rol del proceso de recentralización como estrategia en la transición hacia un autoritarismo hegemónico. ¿Qué efecto genera la recentralización y por qué sirve como punto de apoyo para el cambio de régimen? Se plantea que la concentración de poder, a través de la subordinación de las autoridades territoriales y el avasallamiento de la autonomía local dentro de un proceso de recentralización, da a los gobiernos un impulso para endurecer su accionar autoritario.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The paper analyzes the theoretical approaches on democracy and authoritarianism and makes them dialogue with the two decades of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. It reviews the regime change during the Chavismo government (1999-present), and identifies the role of the recentralization process as a strategy in the transition towards hegemonic authoritarianism. What is the effect of recentralization and why does it serve as a fulcrum for regime change? We argue that the concentration of power, through the subordination of territorial authorities and the subjugation of local autonomy within a recentralization process, gives governments an impulse to harden their authoritarian actions.]]></p></abstract>
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