Elegir el momento oportuno: éxito y fracaso de los intentos de reforma de las cámaras altas en Canadá, Italia, y Bélgica

Angustias Hombrado; Marta Pérez Gabaldón; José A. Olmeda

doi:10.24965/gapp.11501

Authors

Angustias Hombrado Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. Departamento de Ciencia Política y de la Administración (España – Spain) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5879-9749
Marta Pérez Gabaldón Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities. Facultad de Derecho, Empresa y Ciencias Políticas (España – Spain) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5734-0207
José A. Olmeda Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. Departamento de Ciencia Política y de la Administración (España – Spain) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5353-061X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24965/gapp.11501

Keywords:

institutional reforms, federal systems, senate, success of reform’s policies, multiple streams framework, Canada, Italy, Belgium

Abstract

Objectives: From a comparative perspective, institutional reform attempts of the upper chambers of Belgium (2014), Italy (2016), and Canada (2015) are analyzed with an aim to identifying factors that either hinder or facilitate the success of these reforms. Methodology: The article proposes a multidimensional conceptualization of success –that goes beyond formal approval, to include programmatic success, political support, procedural legitimacy, and durability– and an explanatory framework based on multiple streams; both elements are subsequently applied to the systematic comparative analysis of the three cases. Results: The study reveals great variation in the results of success through the cases and seems to provisionally confirm the hypotheses on both the existence of various causal configurations for different dimensions of success and the necessary coupling of facilitating conditions from the different streams. Conclusions: This way, the study shows the advantages of applying contributions of research on public policies to the analysis of institutional reforms, as well as the usefulness of configurational explanatory approaches since they allow to acknowledge the joint effect of several explanatory factors to reforms of different types and with different degrees of success.

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Author Biographies

Angustias Hombrado, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. Departamento de Ciencia Política y de la Administración (España – Spain)

Profesora contratada doctora de Ciencia Política y de la Administración de la UNED, actualmente subdirectora adjunta del Instituto Universitario General Gutiérrez Mellado. Previamente ha sido secretaria del Departamento de Ciencia Política y de la Administración (2016-2019) y secretaria de la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología (2019-2023) de la UNED. Sus investigaciones se centran principalmente en las Administraciones y políticas públicas y las políticas públicas sectoriales y el federalismo, la descentralización y las relaciones intergubernamentales desde una perspectiva comparada.

Marta Pérez Gabaldón, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities. Facultad de Derecho, Empresa y Ciencias Políticas (España – Spain)

Profesora titular en Ciencia Política y de la Administración y secretaria académica de la Facultad de Derecho, Empresa y Ciencias Políticas (2013-hoy) en la UCH-CEU. Como politóloga y jurista, sus principales líneas de investigación han sido las relaciones intergubernamentales, la transparencia y la corrupción y la comunicación política. Es autora de dos monografías, coordinadora de cuatro y ha publicado numerosos capítulos de libro y artículos en revistas indizadas.

José A. Olmeda, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. Departamento de Ciencia Política y de la Administración (España – Spain)

Catedrático de Ciencia Política y de la Administración de la UNED. Ha sido Decano (2011-2015), vicedecano de Investigación (1992-1994), secretario (1991-1992) de la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología y subdirector del Instituto Universitario General Gutiérrez Mellado (1999-2002) de la UNED. Ha investigado sobre las Administraciones y las políticas públicas, en particular sobre la política de defensa y seguridad y las Fuerzas Armadas, la gestión de crisis, el liderazgo político y la comunicación política. Ha publicado una gran cantidad de artículos, capítulos y libros colectivos.

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