TY - JOUR TI - La oposición política en Chile durante el período 1990-2011. Una aproximación conceptual y empírica JO - CS;No. 8 - Julio/Diciembre 2011 PB - Universidad Icesi PY - 2011 issn 20110324 AB - This paper discusses the development of opposition parties and coalitions in Chile since the putting in place of the first democratic government in 1990. Assuming that opposition plays a pivotal role in the functioning of a democratic system, the paper demonstrates that –with regards to changes and alterations of an immediate context– the evolution of opposition in Chile can be characterized by its reactive attitude, sometimes combining competence with collusion and cartelization. The author argues that it is the electoral domain, in which the opposition has adopted the most offensive attitude and left the task of informal negotiation between representatives of two key coalitions to other entities. KW - Partidos políticos KW - OPOSICION POLITICA KW - COALICION (CIENCIAS SOCIALES) KW - Sistemas políticos KW - Opposition parties KW - Chilean political system KW - Coalitions KW - PRODUCCIÓN INTELECTUAL REGISTRADA - UNIVERSIDAD ICESI KW - FACULTAD DE DERECHO Y CIENCIAS SOCIALES KW - REVISTA EN CIENCIAS SOCIALES – CS UR - http://www.icesi.edu.co/revistas/index.php/revista_cs/article/view/1132 ER -