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This work analyses the Chilean decentralization process by performing a thorough revision of press sources regarding the political debate revolving on decentralizing bills passed between 1991 & 2005. The study describes both the actors & the context in which reforms were approved in Chilean congress. In discussing the literature on the politics of decentralization, this paper confirms the relevance of two existing hypotheses: the effects of democratization, & the prospects of electoral performance. At the same time, it reassesses a third theory concerning decentralization as a top-down process by stressing the mayors' increasing power in Chilean politics. In addition, this paper provides a novel systematization of municipal & regional electoral results, by party & by coalition, for the period under study. Tables, Appendixes, References. Adapted from the source document.

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ECA Estudios Centroamericanos, Vol. 49, No. 543-544, 1994: 85-92.

El enunciado «Iglesia y política en la transición» es demasiado amplio como para abordarlo en todas sus facetas y dimensiones. Aquí se va a centrar la atención en algunas cuestiones relevantes referidas en concreto a la postura política de los católicos durante la transición. Previamente se recuerda la posición defendida públicamente por la jerarquía eclesiástica antes y durante el proceso. Lo que habitualmente se define como el «taranconismo». La discusión sobre la posición política de los católicos se centra en dos cuestiones principales: las razones del fracaso político-electoral de los demócrata- cristianos; y las vicisitudes y diversas expresiones de un cristianismo de izquierdas, relativamente influyente en el proceso de transición política, y en la propia definición de la Iglesia ante la transición.The title "Church and Politics during ttie "Transition» is too wide for analyzing it at all» In this paper we are going to pay attention to same questions about the political position of the cattiolics during fhe «Transition» First of all, we remember the position supported by the Ecclesiatical Jerarchy before and during this period that we use to cali «taranconismo» The discussion about the political position of the catholics point to two main questions: the reasons for the Crístian-democratic's polítical-electoral fail; and the vicissitudes and expressions of the left Cristian, that influenced in the political transition process, and in the meaning of the Church in front of the «Transición».

Politics, Law and Psychology are fields that come together in the symbolic. This text takes evidence from those three areas to develop an analysis of political symbols and political transitions. The development of the analysis goes through three stages. The first succinctly describes the concept of transition and its meaning. The second closely examines the notion of the symbol, in terms of its definition, to explain aspects that allow us to understand it, characterise it and make its functions clear. Finally, from the author's experience as a witness and as an actor, I suggest three ways of understanding symbols in the processes of political transition: as symbols of change, as symbols of acknowledgment, and as symbols of support.

[ES] Las elecciones de marzo de 1994 marcan un hito en el calendario del proceso de transición a la democracia que vive este país centroamericano. En este artículo se señalan las características más sobresalientes del mismo y se procede a un análisis de los efectos de estos comicios para el sistema político. ; [EN] The march '94 elections are a very important event in the salvadorean democratic transition. In this article, the authors show its more important caracteristics and analyze the effect of this elections for the political system.