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The Chilean Congress has achieved a high degree of institutionalization since the country’s democratic restoration in 1990. It has a consolidated internal structure and plays a central role in the political system in exercise of its own functions, which indeed have increased over time. Even so, for political and institutional reasons, its capacity for influence is less than that exercised by other assemblies in advanced democracies.
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Introduction
Legislatures play a central role in all democracies, mainly by exercising functions of legislation, oversight, and representation. In this context, there is extensive academic research into democratic assemblies analyzing various aspects of its place within the political system. In the case of Chile, observers have noted the great capacity of its Congress to influence the policy making process when compared with the scenario of many Latin American...
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Gamboa, R., Dockendorff, A. (2017). Institutional Organization of the Chilean National Congress. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3179-1
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