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      «Son gente como yo». Brókeres y construcción de maquinaria política en la ciudad de Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia (2008-2019) Translated title: «They are People Like Me». Brokers and Political Machine-Building in Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

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          Resumen La continuidad local de facciones políticas con fuertes maquinarias electorales en la Colombia posterior a la reforma política de 2003 es aún un campo relativamente inexplorado. El presente trabajo contribuye a la discusión de este tema a partir de un estudio de caso, el del caicedismo en Palmira durante el periodo de su acceso a la Alcaldía, 2008-2019. Se explica este fenómeno a partir del proceso de construcción de maquinaria política por parte de los líderes: intermediarios electorales o brókeres. Para ello se hace uso de la inmersión etnográfica centrada en dichos actores y en las actividades de campaña del caicedismo en las elecciones locales de 2019. Se concluye que los intermediarios electorales fueron actores clave del proceso de construcción de la maquinaria de la facción caicedista en Palmira en su acceso al poder local y su comportamiento reta las construcciones teóricas habituales en este campo.

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          Abstract The local persistence of political factions strongly linked with political machines in contemporary Colombia is still an unexplored field. This article contributes to that debate through a case study: the so-called Caicedismo in Palmira, Valle del Cauca, during its period in the local office (2008-2019). This process is explained through the political machine-building carried out by the Caicedismo’s leaders (brokers). For this aim, ethnographic immersion was implemented, mainly centered in Caicedismo’s brokers and their campaign activities during 2019 local elections. It is concluded that the electoral brokers were key actors in the process of building the political machine of the Caicedista faction in Palmira for their access to local power, and also that their behavior challenges the usual theoretical constructions in this field.

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                espo
                Estudios Políticos
                Estud. Polit.
                Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia )
                0121-5167
                2462-8433
                December 2020
                : 59
                : 227-251
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                [1] Valle del Cauca orgnameUniversidad Icesi orgdiv1Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales orgdiv2Departamento de Estudios Políticos Colombia camilo.serrano@ 123456correo.icesi.edu.co
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                S0121-51672020000300227 S0121-5167(20)00005900227
                10.17533/udea.espo.n59a10
                f8ace4bd-3e85-40d4-8251-e40c59cbc123

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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                : 01 October 2019
                : 01 April 2020
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                Subnational Politics,Colombia,Political Machine,Broker,Clientelism,Cultura Política,Política Subnacional,Clientelismo,Intermediario Electoral,Maquinaria Política,Political Culture

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