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23 revist a de ciencia pOLítica / vOLumen 29/ nº 1 / 2009 / 23 – 55 The Use of GovernmenT-InITIaTed referendUms In LaTIn amerIca. T owards a Theory of referendUm caUses El uso de los referendos de iniciativa gubernamental en  América Latina. Ha cia una teoría sobre las causas del uso de votaciones populares iniciadas por el gobierno AnitA Breuer Department of Comparative Politics, University of Cologne ABstrAct Ov h wo h h b obl h b of f wolw. th xg l o o h o f fl o xl h hoo b lvg o ho o h of f. th xlov kg ow log h g b fog o h f of fl go- f (FGir) h l . ug Qca ( -v hq  b o h fo l log of Bo ol l gb ), h l l o h oll oo of 49 l fo 12 L a o o h fo h o ob h o of FGir. i ol h FGir lol lk o hgh lvl of fgo go , . . wo f o whh h log b obl h ox of l , whl h obo l ow o h f ool ovo glg h f v. Keywod: rfé, L a, Fgo, d do. Resumen En las últimas dos décadas ha existido alrededor del mundo un considerable aumento en el número de votaciones populares. Sin embargo, la literatura existente sobre democracia directa no ha sabido explicar el fenómeno mediante una teoría consistente de las causas de los referéndums. Este estud io exploratorio busca dar un paso adelante para cerrar esta brecha, enfocándose en los referendum facultativos iniciados por poderes políticos formales (facultative  gover nme nt-in itiated refe rendu ms - FGIR) y su uso en los sistem as preside nciale s. Utilizan do QCA (técnica basada en lógica formal de álgebra booleanas), este estudio hace una comparación sistemática de la estructura de oportunidades políticas de 49 sistemas presidenciales de 12  países de América La tina, para detectar lo s factor es que estimulan u obstruyen la ocurr encia de FGIR. Se concluye que los FGIR están fuerteme nte ligados a altos niveles de fragmentación  partidaria y g obiernos divididos, dos factor es que han sido problemá ticos en los contextos de sistemas presidenciales. Por su parte, la obstrucción se debe principalmente a provisiones constitucionales específicas que regulan los dispositivos de las votaciones populares iniciadas  por el gobierno. Palabra Clav: Plebiscito, América Latina, fragmentación, democracia directa.

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revista de ciencia pOLítica / vOLumen 29/ nº 1 / 2009 / 23 – 55

The Use of GovernmenT-InITIaTed referendUms 

In LaTIn amerIca. Towards a Theory of 

referendUm caUses

El uso de los referendos de iniciativa gubernamental en América Latina. Hacia una teoría sobre las causas del usode votaciones populares iniciadas por el gobierno

AnitA Breuer

Department of Comparative Politics, University of Cologne

ABstrAct

Ov h wo h h b obl h bof f wolw. th xg l o o h o ffl o xl h hoo b lvg o ho o h of f. th xlov kg ow log hg b fog o h f of fl go- f(FGir) h l . ug Qca ( -v hq

 b o h fol log of Bool lgb), h ll o holl oo of 49 l fo 12 L ao o h fo h o ob h o of FGir. iol h FGir lol lk o hgh lvl of fgo go, .. wo fo whh h log b obl h ox of l , whl h obo l ow o hf ool ovo glg h f v.

Keywod: rfé, L a, Fgo, d do.

Resumen 

En las últimas dos décadas ha existido alrededor del mundo un considerable aumento enel número de votaciones populares. Sin embargo, la literatura existente sobre democraciadirecta no ha sabido explicar el fenómeno mediante una teoría consistente de las causas delos referéndums. Este estudio exploratorio busca dar un paso adelante para cerrar esta brecha,enfocándose en los referendum facultativos iniciados por poderes políticos formales (facultative

 government-initiated referendums - FGIR) y su uso en los sistemas presidenciales. UtilizandoQCA (técnica basada en lógica formal de álgebra booleanas), este estudio hace una comparaciónsistemática de la estructura de oportunidades políticas de 49 sistemas presidenciales de 12 países de América Latina, para detectar los factores que estimulan u obstruyen la ocurrenciade FGIR. Se concluye que los FGIR están fuertemente ligados a altos niveles de fragmentación partidaria y gobiernos divididos, dos factores que han sido problemáticos en los contextos desistemas presidenciales. Por su parte, la obstrucción se debe principalmente a provisionesconstitucionales específicas que regulan los dispositivos de las votaciones populares iniciadas por el gobierno.

Palabra Clav: Plebiscito, América Latina, fragmentación, democracia directa.

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i. intrODuctiOn1

Fo h 1960 ow, o o of h wol b h of

o o h wo , h l lo of o h obl (Ld, 2003).2 th h hollo o , obl h gg oh b blh ow jol h fl of oll . so f hl h l fo o h wo o h o fql f,swzl h u s o h ll (L Bäl, 1999; Gb,1996; polo, 2001; tolb Ho, 1996; v Fg, 2006), whl llb of blo h fo o h w of f l h oof eo go (Hg s, 2000; Fkl et al., 1995). th blo

h gl ob o o kowlg gg h impact of f o ol o ol . How, h h o o o hoo h causes of f. th obj of h o k l ow bgg h g.

to lg x, h ‘boo’ o b ow h b of z- f , o l x, o f(mol, 2001) th lo h b wlo b o of owho hz h ol of h ool o fo boo- o l

obl (Bb, 1984; sh, 2000). nhl, o l oo, o-o f o o oll qo h b b gog bo .. lgl o x. sh go- f, whh of f o lb,3 h lgh g ooo, lgl ool o oll o-kg h h of l offl.

d obg ll o h oll o, h o of  facultative government-initiated referendums (FGir)4 o hol zzl (rh, 2007).

1 i wol lk o hk Kh Hohl abl péz Lñá fo gol hg h . rhfo h l w bg h 2006 s shool mho thq of h eo coofo political reseach unde the guidance of pof. Benoît rihoux, who atiently continued to advise me

o h vl g of vlo. th h lo of gl fo h

ov q of wo oo vw. all g k f , of o,

ol obl.2 i o o o hogh, h h obv f o h vg b of o

v h ol lvl . Howv, f lo o h b of

o h hv bl l o b o h h l of o h

o ov h w (al, 2007; Bl & r, 1994).3 a sk (1993) h o o, h gv ooo go bk o h b of h o-ll nolo

f g h h . H hfo g h wh ‘ g o h of ‘lb’ o v fl o o f wh h fwok of o ol

o-kg (sk, 1993, . 11). Followg h g, h h lb v

fo h go of ho olo h hl who -xg lgl b h o of 

l oll g. Whb h ‘f’ o o ooll gl

ol olo, whh gg b govg ho.4 th wo ‘gov’ g fho h, gg govg ho gl, ..

b of boh xv lglv bh of gov.

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Whl bl h z wll o of o-kgwh g h gh o o o, oll l’ of o h o oh. Wh o gog ho o f?

Wh hol oll lg oll g h ooolo lgl, b ow oww, ql hl wh o z oll o-kg, ll xo hl o h k of log h bllo box? th l of h xlo o o ol w oh qo.

ii. cAse seLectiOn, HYPOtHeses AnD MetHODOLOGY

d wg g ll- h l fll of lo b, whhh b hoologl wg o o ol (G, 2003;Kg et al., 1994), hol whhg o o xlo o ohghol og wll o h l o ll hoogogo of l (B et al., 2004; mho, 2007). thfo, h foo L a go wh o h b o bFGir. Fo h 1980 ow, o L a o o o of  o o h go’ oo o fo w of o . d h , w f ol ofo wh h

ox h o L a h l o-ow ff.pl lo of boo- h b xol wh 87 of ll ol ll o og L a gh wh l w-f , bg b gog ho(al, 2005). ag h bkgo, h go o g lboofo h folo g of hoh o h of h o of FGir. ioll l o L a, h h lo xll b lwh l o h o ow go l of oll o (B,2003; ell, 2003; L, 1995; mog, 2002; phl, 1998). Followg Wl’

fo of o-ol ‘a political strategy through which a personalistic leader seeks orexercises government power based on direct, unmediated, uninstitutionalized support from large

numbers of mostly unorganized followers’ (Wl, 2003, 1067), h of FGir h b of h g ool box of o-ol lh. How, o-ol f o o xbl lk. Whl ho L a o-ol l lk p’ Fjo vzl’ cházlo FGir, oh lk ag’ m Bzl’ collo mllo o. tho h lhogh lh l bl b xlg oll ho, o b b ol (Lz s,1978, 4-5). H, f w wh o lz h fo h FGir, w wll h o go bo h ool o- oh o o ow hoo wh whh oll o o.

Obg h o o-ol L a, w f h ho o wh h oo hol h of FGir, h h b g

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h fq of FGir. i eo, fo xl, fo o bw1980 2005, wh Gl, wh f w oolz 1985, o gl FGir h b hl o .5 th h oll

oo o o FGir, whl oh wok o h obo. thl o o h o f o o fw l wh lx h of o . How, f w wh o h oo h o o h of FGir, w h o o hhoologl o of lg o h l of h oo bl. cl o b f b l h l o o wh f w hl, h o h o b o g ool go of oblg (G, 1990; Ljh, 1971).

1. Dfg h uv of Aaly

i h , h oo of , .. h o of Fl Go irf (FGir) f  facultative referendums which may be triggered either by the

executive, and/or a given number or percentage of members of the legislature, or the executive and

legislative branch of government in co-operation, lz h o-ll of oll. How, og h h of o oo bl hoo whh h h o of oll o o o hgo , o bl o hoo o- ll . i h ggg o- o o-o h o o obol .

i o o h -hoog, whh fo gfloo ql h (mk, 2004; rg, 1992), h l o: fl, h oll of L a who h cbb, ol, howhh blog o l l g, hl, wh h o of 1980-2005, ll, wh FGir ol h lkl o.6 th l o q fhxlo. Ql h of h xlo of ho, .g.

w. H, whl h b of obol bg o oo l ll, h b of oog wh g oo, .g. o-w, oll f, lg oo of h ol h k of bl. i o o h b of g , h o h ‘obll’ b mho Goz (2004). th l ol h ol

5 th o, hogh, w wo v of o f o ool fo 1994 1999.6 O L a, g h o of obo fll flg l x h u

s, Gh, ng, ug, soh Ko, h phl. O of h o ol h phlkow fl go f o h ol ll. Lk L a, h phlw ogll oloz b s. dff fo h L a o how, followg h of sh olol l 1898, h phl x lo hlf of us-a l l,whh lf o oll l (Go 1999 2008). colol hg oll l ghl o o ffg vbl l oll l (Ljh, 1984; L,

1992). th phl w hfo xl fo h l o o h hoog of o

olo of lv .

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ho wh h oo of h l obl of o hol bl, whl wh h oo l h o-zo obbl hol blg o h of fo h l obo. i h ,

h o ho o gh bw g l obo hx of lgl oo fo FGir o h ol ll g h obol o.iokg sk’ (1993) olog, h l wll b o whh ‘-gl f’ hl og o ooll o oh lgl o wobl, whl wll o ol h obl of ‘ ho lb’ hl ho of l oll g.

Whl h obl l ll fl o b of o , lo look h of h xl f l h bl o whg o hoog.

th chl lb of 1980, 1988, 1989 w ook b h poh lgo h w o h o’ o oo. th vzllb of al db 1999 o h ooo of o bl, hlol lw fo h lo of o bl lg h fo of hoo f b h bl w ook b of cház.th follow h ol oll of vzl’ ol 1998(mco, 199; mog, 2007) k h g o o h o of oogh o’ blh oll o. th colob lb o ool

fo of 1990 w ook b of G bql l bg b h s co. i ook l w of x ol og h bl lh b h colob g l. th g of h lbh b f b h o La Septima Papeleta (h h bllo) whhg h ol obl olo o h oll h hl fo h fl of h ol oll l o h q o of h o’ oll o (v co, 2000).

i , h, h whl h -ho lb obol l o ol wh

lzg ff o of g foo, h o wll l h k o g h g ho of oll o ol oo kg o.

alogh, h o of 49 o fo wl L ao,7 whh l tbl 1.

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O lo xl h of ug. alhogh h o h go’ o fq of o, o o blog o o v of l oo o o ov fo

flv gov f. i ug, o o l h oo l

q fo b ol vo o f, whl h gh o gg f o

o lglo v o z. aoh f v xl b h o o lgll

-gl f h ag lb of 1994 o h bo wh chl ov h

Bgl chl zo, whh w ook followg o bw p alfo h sco.

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tbl 1: L a ao cog h u of al

co ao c i

ag

clo m, 1989-1995

clo m, 1995-1999Fo l rú, 1999-2001eo dhl, 2002-2003néo Kh, 2003 o

arGm1

arGm2arGrarGdharGK

Bol clo m, 2003-2005eo rogz, 2005-2006

BOLmBOLro

Bzl

 Joé s, 1985-1990Fo collo mllo, 1990-1992i Fo, 1992-1995Fo coo, 1995-1999Fo coo, 1999-2003

Lz igáo Ll sl, 2003-2006

BrasBracolBraFBrac1Brac2

BraLl

chlpo alw, 1990-1994eo F rz, 1994-2000ro Lgo, 2000-2006

cHialcHiFcHiLg

colob

cé G, 1990-1994eo s, 1994-1998aé p, 1998-2002Álo ub, 2002-2006

cOLGcOLscOLpcOLu

co r abl pho, 2002-2006 cOsp

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 J roló, 1979-1981Olo Ho, 1981-1984Ló Fb coo, 1984-1988rogo Boj, 1988-1992sxo dá Bllé, 1992-1996ablá B, 1996-1997Fbá aló, 1997-1998 Jl mh, 1998-2000Go nobo, 2000-2003Lo Gz, 2003-2005

ecurolecuHecuFbecuBoecudecuBecualecumhecunobecuG

Gl

mo czo, 1986-1991 Jog so, 1991-1993

ro Ló co, 1993-1996alo azú, 1996-2000alfoo pollo, 2000-2004Ó Bg, 2004 o

GuacGuas

GuaLoGuaazGuapoGuaB

ngvol Bo choo, 1990-1997aolo alá, 1997-2002eq Bolño, 2002-2007

nicBnicalnicBol

pg

aé rogz, 1989-1993 J clo Wo, 1993-1998rúl cb G, 1998-1999L Gozálz mh, 1999-2003

no d, 2003 o

parroparWparcbparGo

pard

palbo Fjo 1995-2000albo Fjo, m 2000-no 2000aljo tolo, 2001-2006

perFj2perFj3pertol

vzl Hgo cház, 2000-2007 vench2

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2. slo of caal codo ad Wokg Hypoh

Hg f o of , w ow h l qo of h: wh FGir o g o of h o wh h o

o g oh lhogh h oo fl h g? s holll h o o l bl hoh o h of f l , h off h o of FGir bg g o oo l o, whh ll l .sh l o b g oo whh ff foob o o ofgol oo h h holg of f ll g oo fo oll o.

th o h h oo wll b f ofgo of 

ho- oxl fo h l h h l of h o , - fo h o b bl hogho o ffgh oll ow bl , log- ol fo who g ffo oll o-kg bl o l o. th hoh g l oo blow, w lbo followg gof gog bk foh bw ho (rg, 1987; rhox rg,2009). i.. f , hoh w l b o h hol h l o l o. i o , h ho f bk o h l o o ol

l oo, f h o oolzo of oo -f hll ol.

) sho-t Fo

aog o Lz (1990), l o o -bh ofl o h og l of h x lgl bh of go.How, h o ol h o ol h ofl lglo o o of o of o-of o o , o lo ol og ll fo - lo. th l o whbh g h lg of og, og q h o of h, o o of h l ow o l o o lo owh oh (péz-Lñá, 2003). i h o, oll o fo h bh o o f o o bol h lg g h l h ohow.

 H1: Acute presidential crises are conducive to FGIR

aoh f of l h hgh bl of h off of h who ‘is taken to be the embodiment of the nation and the main custodian and definer

of its interest’ (O’doll, 1996). th hgh bl xo l hwh hg oq fo who fl o flfll h. a Hohl (2006) hhow, o h , o b bl f wh lfo h l gl o ol l fll. p

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fg o of l o f o l g :) o bl o fo ol ol o ol o, b) oll offg o oblz go of z (Bzk, 2001), ) w o

lg obl fo ol o b ‘g h bk o h o’ (Bl r, 1994, 20; sälä, 2006).

 H2: High levels of civil unrest are conducive to FGIR

 b) m- Fo

ml o zbl b of L a’ l o o hol h g h ofl o lkl l o, whh k -bh goo o ffl xb

xg obl of l (mwg, 1993; Jo, 1995). i h o,h x o oool lglo ol f o o ol holl l h oo bh of go.

 H3: High levels of party system fragmentation are conducive to FGIR

a h b of , o o h lklhoo of go f o whh h ’ o o ool jo of lgl ,o bl , jo of l o of h hb.8 O obllo of go l bw og h . i

h o, oll o h o o bg o of lok o o h ol gol wh h o lbl o wh bh of go hool (cox Kll, 1991). th f o h o whh, go h f ool glo, b xl o of h lgl,o h x, o lbl o boh bh.

 H4: Divided government is conducive to FGIR

u ol , h h of x l l lo. How, fx , f of l

g, l o o whh h ff h of x lk h o lgo. dg o h ool oo whh l of l o of ’ , h o o h o o-l o o o h o of off, o h b o b h h g who oo of h bl o olo (Lz, 1990). sh o o b o o fo hlk of lgo b g f ol o of of hh o o f ol .

 H5: Missing direct democratic legitimation of the effective executive is conducive to FGIR

8 Fo h o of h , i o h hl fo b chbb (2002). Fo l fo chbb (2002b) elg (2001).

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) Log-t Fo

Whl h l o l o o o l hgg obl log- fo o o FGir l , o h

o h b w fo oo bw eo’ L a’l o of o. cog h wo go, w f h hff gfl wh o h of o ol olo. FGir eo o b gl- o. Wh eo z ll o h oll bh go, h oll h o o f of ol. alof o eo’ ol l h l ho l oo h f w ogz o o o foh g o o o g o og lo o o l h gol olo (mol, 2001; sälä, 2006). mwhl, FGir La’ l o follow ff log.9 H, h lo gll l o ool fo (al, 2005) z of h o oo log of fo ool. th gg h FGir L a gh b l o hgh g of ool g, .. of h ooq -jo who flfll ol hgh o o h kg f l.

 H6: Constitutional rigidity is conducive to FGIR

mo f ghl o o ol b oool fo hfo ogo o l g oolg (Ljh, 1999; ak Ko, 2002). How, h oh o flfo h l o of h : h x of o f oool fo fl f o ool lw obl.coql, h b of o f o oofo h holg of fl f o ool fo, whh bl fo h o of h .

 H7: The absence of provisions for mandatory referendums is a necessary but insufficient condition

 for the occurrence of any FGIR that involves constitutional reform

3. Qalav compaav Aaly (QcA) a a Mhodologal Appoah

Q, bl-o h o o obbl g of l. i olg ff of bl o bl ol w l. th go hq oll loo h o o h o h h ff of bl o h bl l .

9 pobl o wh h of l wgh h ol b h o L a

 b fo lo, wll h bl ff bw l l wh g o olo foo vvl (al, 2000).

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th , b o, xlog h oo h l o h oo ol f olo of l hfo q ff hg. Wh o o lzg h oo wh whh oll

o , o bl o b of h oh ll.effl, h l wol of oll o-kg, ll o bl of bl ogh h b l l ol og h oo (rg, 1987; po skool, 2002).

Qca hfo off b of g fo h o of h . i -hq b o h fol log of Bool lgb. Whl Qca o f o of mll’ ho of g ff (mll, 1865), ff foh o . th mll ho o o gof l. th fo o l fo whh of /

o ff: a oo ff, f lw wh h oo ,h oo lo , wh oo , f lw wh h oo , h oo lo . aog o mll’ oh, l oo of h oh h ol o l h o h oo.

Qca, b o, o o h o of ll ojl o h blh inus oh o o b b mk (1965). a mk ooh, ll, ll of . th , oo b bogh bo b b of l of fo. eh l ff o bg bo h

ff, b o of h . th h l fo insufficient  b nonredundant of unnecessary b sufficient oo. th o of llojl o bl h h o blh h b h of h ofgol h h l o h oo of xlo (rg, 1987;mho, 2007).

th hoh fol bo hol b h . th , whl oof h l oo o ii.2 x o b ll o ff o bg bo f, h oo h

f g, wll o of ff obo of ho, log fo.

iii. QcA PrOceDures AnD cAse stuDies

th f of Bool o of og l oo h oo hoool h “” o “b”. sbql h b oll hbl lg ll obo of l oo oo.

cog h oo –“o” o “o-o” of fl f–hoozo ghfow k h bl b . th hol fo h oo of  divided government  (D), missing direct democratic

legitimation of the executive (M), absence of provisions for mandatory referendums (A). Fo h o of h ql of h oxl fo  presidential

crises (C) civil unrest (U), h w o h x of hol. cog

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o gg o b of C w k o h b of ql o b pz Lñ.10 cog fo U  soh a follow Hohl(2006), whl og o fo h cl a o b o

blh o o l lbo b h hol.11 Fll, ll of  party system fragmentation (P) constitutional rigidity (R) oo l ol bl l, whh k o hoozo hhol. Fo h og of P, h ff b of (enp) low hb w ll og o Lko tg (1979) hhhol enp of 4.0, .. h bk-off o bw l- wh o (3.5) l- who o (4.5) (Blol,1968). th lg o h l- who o o lkl o o go. Fo h hoozo of R, i

Ljh’ (1999) x, whh ool g o ol fo-ol wh 1 g ol flxbl 4 g x g. Fo ho xo o ii, h o of o f w x foLjh’ x h hhol ol l 2.12

1. th tabl coo

eh of h b oo h of o wo , .. o of  oo h o 27 = 128 obl obo of oo.G h l of l ho, h obo whh logll obl b fo whh o l w ob h olo go. i o l, h b of ob obo, f o ‘logl ’ Qca-olog, o o 93. a h log g hol hoh b l of l ob h logl w o o- o oh o oh wok g Qca(Hk et al., 1995; rg v, 1999; yk, 2003).13

10 aíbl pz Lñá, ao pofo of poll s, d of poll s, uv of 

pbgh.11 Kh Hohl, pofo of poll s, d of poll s, u of nw

mxo.12 th b o poll Oo s L a ao (pOsLaa) h

o h b fo h h bl w o ms-a. i o of x -lkbl og l qlv qv wll o o og o fo

h oo l oo. th ho wll l h b o q.13 th of logl h b h l o ofgol hoolog.

th v of h l h f h lg logl lfg o

o h Bool zo o wll l o o oo olo . Howv, h

h lo q, .g. b mkoff (1990) who oo h who l wh wolh ofgo of bl h o o ll x gg g h wllo lookg olo h ll fbl. to h k, ho who o hlo of logl hv hz h o of kg holl fo ho.

th , h h hol ff bw logl fo whh ll o g g oo l (b of l hol xo) logl fo whh fflo g gv oo vl, xl h l (rg so, 2004; rg rhox, 2004).

Gv h oll l h o o ool ho o f o

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Of h 35 ob obo, o h o b oo ofgo.sh oo ofgo o wh wh l l o loo l ff l o h oo bl. sl g o how

o oo ofgo h b oo. O g o oll oo ofgo [0] o h oo l. th olo, gg brg (1987), oo ofgo ‘l’ h o fw zbl ofgo xhg fo o o h -ooloh (rhox rg, 2009, . 49). a o fo g, o -xh hol ox of h ol h f oo ofgo o o oo h h b ol o ff hff (rhox rg, 2009).

a lo -xo of h oo , h o of Féb coo

Géz eo, l h h ff h ol o b h x lgl . i 1986, wh cog oo h Fb coo, h l w ogol l h wol how h lgl f fol h o w bogh g h h blg Fb o f ow h ol ffo go h wh f o boo h lg (h of Fb coo wll b o l o iii.3). mwhl, h of Géz h o o h l o. i db 2004 Géz` o o o lo h

s co, whh h l o b b g h, l wh lolo k x lgl . a gowg o g hgo, Géz l of g o o hol f o o bl ol fo h w o (BBc 2005). i h o, h o o o o f o fo h of g, lg h wh o oh oo h o fl h l l hlo.

nowhg h l of h oxl -xo, h oo of ggh f ffg fo ol oo o h ol o ol hoo w . th ll og ol of h eo

og ow oll lll h ooL a ox (pz Wh, 2004),14 h kg lkl h ol l ol f o bo eo.H, lg “h ol of h ” wol h o l h b of l oo, o-lz h xlo of h l, o h o of Qca o h o g of o. i hfoo o xl h g of Géz fo h l h o of Féb.

o whh o b holl fo ho of logl , fo h o of h i hv

o fo h ovv g of g logl gv ofgo.14 aog o Fh (1998) h o vo of h eo oll o b

b o h of fll offl who g h, g h wk of l o h glz oo of eo ol, h fo hv o v oll

ol f of ol h o’ “ ol objv” (Fh, 1998: 65-91).

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th g ob obo l tbl 2 (a ol h bl lgob oo ofgo g tbl 4 h x).

tbl 2: th tbl

a r p d m c u Oo c id

1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 BOLm1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 BraLl1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 cOLu1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 ecuFb1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 ecud1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 ecual0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 vench2

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 arGm1arGm21 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 arGr

1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0arGdhBOLroecuH

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 arGKperFj2

1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Bras1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 Bracol1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 BraF

1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0Brac1Brac2

1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0cHialcHiFcHiLg

1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 cOLGcOLs

1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 cOLppertol

1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 cOspecurol

1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 ecuBo

1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 ecuBecumh1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 ecunob

0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 GuacGuapo

0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 Guas0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 GuaLo0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Guaaz0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 GuaB

1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 nicBnicBol

1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 nical0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 parro0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 parW0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 parcb0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 parGo0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 pard1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 perFj3

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2. Mmzg Pov Oom

a b fo h h bl, h of bg l [1] o h oogg h h o of f w b l oj

of oo og l , whh hghlgh h hghllz. W ow o o fo h Bool zo. a h oo of h o l h o h ‘if two Boolean expressions differ in only one causal condition

 yet produce the same outcome then the causal condition that distinguishes the two expressions can

be considered irrelevant and can be removed to obtain a simpler, combined expression’ (rg,1987, 93). Qca’ zo o h l ofgo o l fol og of fo Bool ggg h FGir w o b fo l oj of fo.

eqo 1: ml fol fo o oo15

reFerendum = p.d.a.r.m..u + p.d.a.r.c. + p.d.a.. + p...r...

eqo 1 b fo o eqo 1b wh h o xl b h l h (l h o b o h o of oo).

eqo 1b

rf = p.d. (a.r.m..u + a.r.c. + a..) + p...r...

[BOLm] [ECUFeb

ecual][BraLlcOLuECUFeb

ecud]

[vench2]

(1) (2) (3) (4)

eqo 1b bg P o h fo. th , hgh ll of  party system fragmentation g h b ff oo, whh o b o b loj of ff b o- oo o o o ooo.

3. ivgao of Pov ca

th o of P of H1 h h hoo of FGir L

a h b lol l o h ffl obo of l l (mwg, 1993). How, P o h ol h h

15 i h oo fo Bool lgb h logl oo and Or w “.” “+” vl.

u l of oo, low l b.

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 bogh bo h oo. FGir o ff o of fgo wh l oh fo. i x of o l , h oo wo b o of divided government. Whl o (h o of 

m Bol) h w wo o h oll h olllk b of ow h lgl, wo oh (ub colob dá eo) h h logg ol  b h o l fo h w lfo fo h ogl lo. th of h h g blog o blh, whh, how, ooll ol ll o of h lgl (Ll’pt Bzl-17.7 , Fbé coo’ psc eo-13.0 , aló’Fra eo-2.4 ).

Term (1) o h o of p m Bol ob, P D 

wh A, R, M U . Whl h f wo oo o o ob o xlo of h oo g h h f o o ool lw, hgo of h ll of h l l of h l wo oo,h ofg H2 H5.

i 2002, l sáhz Loz k m h g .af Loz h b l ogol -off, m off -. i sb 2003, Loz’ bkg fo l o xo l g oh us k ol -go o, whh o b kow h Bol

‘g w’. a fo h o, Loz ll h o qll h o.th x of fo lo b h l l o h h of o 50 o(a iol, 2004) Loz’ oll o o oll. i Oob2003, h nol cog h go ll m ff hof h x. alhogh h o of off ol wh h oolglo, m lk ol o hlf foh ol o (B, 2008). moo, o m kg off, h l mol Q o h-oh f whh o wol b hol h fl o l o h o o o o h g .

ag h bkgo h lk of ogol o, m o o loh g of k . i h o h, h ob oo of ffl ho who ooo ogh o bo h o’ h gol lg lg o ook f oh ool g .

Term (2) ob P D wh h A, R C. th of Fb’ o eo,whh o b h , off g llo of h ofgol how f o. eo’ hghl fg

go h b h o h o’ o o 1978. thk ll ffl fo o h h lgl wo-h joq fo h lzo of ool fo. i 1984, h of h solch p (psc), Ló Fb coo, wo h l lo gh -off wh o fo loo ll kow h nol roo Fo(Frn). th g J lgl lo h l hghl fg

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og wh enp of 5.8, wh whh h Frn hl o of . af Fb’go, ofl o og qkl o h oho of h Frn whl of h lf jo o fo h oool pog Blok, whh ooll

jo of . Lgl l w o f fo h bggof Fb’ o. a , olg hl fgh o h lglfloo, Oob 1984 wh Fb f o ogz cog’ lo of s co jg h o h pog Blok (LaWr 30 nob 1984).i h fh of h , Fb’ h l o g oo , wll h ffo o blok h olo g h , fh oh -bh hol (Bzk, 2001b). a h 1986 - lo oh,Fb o l h o of h ll-f o b kg of heo ’ og o ook f o ool fo.

H ool q o b bl o fo lgl off.B hg h f o h lgl lo, h follow wo-fol g,g, o h o h, o - h lk of h wo-h lgl joq fo ool hg, o h oh h, lg o lolo of ‘y’ o o h f o o fo o-Fb h- lo (Larr 16 m 1986). How, Fb’ g fl, h loj h f ool wh l g of 58 lf ooo wo ol 60 jo of h - lo.

i h of Fb aló’ o, h oo ob o oh oo - lhogh ff wh ff . i Fb1997, h eo cog o o Bá o h go of l o ow h, aló, ff h of x. thl x-lgl g h h eo oo f h- o o, h b -, ag, ll h l o h ’ off. th offl obj of h oolf ook m 1997 w h o lgz h fait accomplí of Bá’o aló’ o off. How, aló’ go fll

h -Bá o l l hghl ool ool fo o h f who lo o lgl og olh o bo w of h ool g h o of aló’ rl alf Fo , whh hl ol wo h lgl.

Term 3 ob P D wh A. a o of h o of dá eo ub colob, whh o b h , of h h f w b h obo of h h fo, boh o o l w-gg ool fo h f of ooo b hghl fg og.

i m 2002, alo ub, fo b of colob’ Lbl p who h , wo h l lo ll lo. mh of ub’ lol w b o h g o o k oolfo o o kl colob’ oo. th oo g h bolo of log-blh lg of colob lglo h

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o of ol ok blg . th o oo ool,how, w o h b of lglo b 43 , g h wo hbof cog o o, ll fo l lo (L s 5 ag 2002). Whl

ool colob q ol o lgl jo,h ol -og og16 h lo of ub’ fooj h o lgl o wol h cog fo oh.How, h colob oo o h wh h obl oho h og b g f; f x f oolo ool fo ob jo o boh hb b lb o ol o. shol f h go, ub f fo f ‘g oo olkg’ o cog. ag h bkgoof ub’ ol, ll h ooo of l lo,

hg o o lglo o of ub  w wh h lgl.17 ill, h x o g oow cog, g h h f w o-gobl. How ho, h x ol h w fbl o hh h fhogh og bfo h lo of o db 2002 – lb h of kg oo. th f l o b bo w -l (L ssb 2002), follow b g o h b of lglo b 20 of h ogll g 43 . Fll, h x oo o h l fo ogol olo h ooo of l lo.

a o fo h f wo o, b l h h go’g o w o whh colob wol g o h fo b whhh w-ow ool wol oblz ogh of h o k h o l.so b h o’ b l, h go lh g gg colob o o. d obl fl ffo, hg g. i h f o o 25 Oob 2003, ll b o of h 15 oo  fll ho of h 6.3 llo o q fo g.

sll 1995, h eo o dá Bllé, who o-lbl

g og h b ool ob b h oool jo cog, lh f o ool fo h oo, og oh, o q h wh h ow o ol og ll fo l lgllo. How, dá’ ol h b l ff b h go’ol l oo l o h h obo o ll ool oh ff og f h oll.

alhogh o b h Bool , h h of h Bzl g-fhl h o of p Ll 2005 o h follow ff fo h f o bo, whh o xl b h hohzfo. Fl, h b of o f w l h ox h f o o ool lw. sol, h f w

16 pool hv o b b boh hb of cog wo ov lglv o.17 i oll lz b Gll og l, 89 of o j h ool.

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l o bo o of x-lgl ofl. Q h o, h foj, whh h b b lgl o- blo w ogl bk bh go (LaWr, 25 Oob 2005).

Term 4 gh fo 1 - 3 b h f h o o ob P wh oof go. th o o of Hgo cház vzl, whh o b h , h o h hol b g olol o o ol fo whh h o b o o f ol h ob o o h oo.

af h ll o 1998, 1999 cház g o log h ooo-o og l wh olll ol o bo hogh -ho f. i Jl 2000, cház oo fo lo wo h

wh 59.8 of h ol o. af h ol hl lgl lo, fgo h w l nol abl (an) o ll hgh ll wh enp of 4.04. How, cház’ Ffh rbl mo(mvr) h ll mo ow sol (mas) ow ooll 60 of . s h bgg of h o, chz h ogh o olhh o’ nol t uo cofo (ctv) whh h g  bo of o h oj of ‘Bol rolo’. i nob 2000, h an blg lw llowg cház o lw b l ol .rkbl, h f h h fo of h ctv blog o o of h

(LaWr 3 Oob 2000), cház l h og-o f wh f oo o oo h oj. alhogh h f whh w hl db 2000 wh 69.4 -o, o o h xoll o, h hgh bo of 76.5 w ffo h go (th eoo 9 db 2000; el ul 8 db 2000).to wh chz, hg h oo o o h fo oj , ook h k of flg h bllo box, o b w of h og o h o h . cház’ l o o h l b b o h hllg o h ol oll l who g

o xloo of ol h h ol’ fh h olll. How, h fl of h ‘Bol rolo’ o o blgowh h lbl l h ol (Wl, 2001). moo,cház’ fo h o’ o o lo lo o hl h w hh , xl o h go, llfo h us, w g. vzl h foh lg l of ol foh us. G h g gowh , cház h gow gl o fo ol xo o f h hf ll ol ol. af wo, g whh h clo ao h o jo ofoo whcház, h w g h h og Bh ao wol o ogh g h. Bh lo lo wh mxo’ w o, v Fox, rbl fog x h h h u.s. gh o mxo o lbl l o o h ovzl ol (th nw yok t 27 db 2000). ag h bkgo, h

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f o o fo b q bl; xll, cház qh o fg lf of ol o o o h g o o fho oll ow f h w o fo xo l. ill,

h f h o o fo h o’ lk of o-lg-h fo of lbl o of h oo o - b og -lgo hogh oblzo of h lo h bllo box.External legitimation pressure l lack of output-legitimacy h fo hhol b o f o f o.

4. Mmzg ngav Oom

W ow o o fo h Qca-al o h g of o olo.

s wokg hoh h w fol o xl o o, hBool zo of g oo o x o l gh o loo fo h o-o of f. i, h o of h x o o g , hz (rhox, 2003, 372)h llow fo hoologll fo lo of fo .

eqo 2: ml Fol fo ng Oo

f =

(1) .... + [arGm1, arGm2, ARGKir,PERFuj2, Guaaz, parro] +

(2) .d... + [cOLp, pertol, nical,parW, pard]

(3) .d.r.a..c + [ ARGRua, ecuBo]

(4) d.r.a..c.u + [ ARGRua, ecuB, ecumh]

(5) .d.r.a.. + [arGdh, BOLro, ecuH,cOsp, ecurol]

(6) ...a.. + [arGK, PERFuj2, Bras]

(7) ..a... + [ ARGKir, PERFuj2, cHial, cHiF,cHiLgo]

(8) ...a.. + [ ARGKir, PERFuj2, cOLG, cOLs]

(9) p.d..a.. + [Bracol, Brac1, Brac2]

(10) p.d.a.m.. + [BraF, ecunob]

(11) ..r... + [Guac, Guapo, Guaaz]

(12) p.d.r... + [Guas, GuaB]

(13) .d..m.c.u + [GuaLo, parGo]

(14) ....c.u + [NICBar, NICBol, parcb]

(15) ...a.c.u [NICBar, NICBol, perFj3]

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Bool zo obl l olx. i h l foll eqo 2, h 35 ll ob ofgo bg oo [0] o l ob xo og of 15 . th qo ll

how h h l o of of oll ho fllo. ioh wo, f f obo of oo ob o h o of FGir,w o oll h h obo wll b b wh FGir o o. sx g xl b (1) whh ll of h fof hohll l fo o o b o w l , .. h h o o h fol wokg hoh o o h l ob fo h l of o h g o.t (9), (10), (12), b o, g zzl f o o hl fo Bool zo of o , g h h oo P 

w oll ob wh D, whh w f h o oo obo fo o o of FGir. H, h o o b h oo whh hol h h holg of  FGir g. a lo go of h hfo o o whh h w f oo, whh ob FGir,o f oll o w bl o lo l g o o hl ollo.

5. ivgao of sld ngav ca

to h o lgh o h f oll oo ob o FGir,wo o o w ho g h msdO (o l, ffoo) o lo b d m Bg shlo (1994) hqfo lo. to h o, h Bool bw o g of o – .. h b of oo wh ff l fo h woo – w o l h x how tbl 3.

th ll of l fo h o l wh ff oo (mdsO) o

olo 1, .. h ff o ol o bl. th l o 22 .to fh ow ow h lo, i l o h l of h bo Qca l. il wo g whh o b h l Bool (11) (12)of eqo 2 (h o of collo mllo Bzl so Gl) o h g h o l o (h o of ub colob Fb eo).

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tbl 3: mx of Bool d

BOLm BraLl cOLu ecual ecud ecuFb vench2

arGm1 4 3 4 4 2 3 2

arGm2 4 3 4 4 2 3 2

arGr 3 4 3 3 3 2 5

arGdh 2 3 4 2 2 3 4

arGK 5 2 3 5 3 4 3

Bras 4 3 4 4 4 5 4

Bracol 3 2 1 3 3 2 5

BraF 2 1 2 2 2 3 4

Brac1 2 1 2 4 2 3 4

Brac2 2 1 2 4 2 3 4cHial 4 1 2 4 2 3 2

cHiF 4 1 2 4 2 3 2

cHiLg 4 1 2 4 2 3 2

cOLG 6 3 2 4 4 3 4

cOLs 6 3 2 4 4 3 4

cOLp 4 1 2 4 2 3 4

cOsp 3 2 3 3 1 2 3

ecuH 2 3 4 2 2 3 4

ecurol 3 2 3 3 1 2 3ecuB 2 3 2 2 2 1 4

ecumh 2 3 2 2 2 1 4

ecunob 1 2 3 1 1 2 3

ecuBo 1 3 2 2 2 1 4

Guac 4 5 6 6 4 5 2

Guaaz 5 4 5 5 3 4 1

Guapo 4 5 6 6 4 5 2

Guas 4 3 2 2 2 1 2GuaLo 4 5 4 2 4 3 4

GuaB 3 2 3 3 1 2 1

nicB 5 4 3 5 5 4 5

nicBol 5 4 3 5 5 4 5

nicaL 3 2 3 5 3 4 5

parro 6 3 4 6 4 5 2

parW 4 3 4 6 4 5 4

parcb 6 5 4 6 6 5 4

parGo 5 4 3 3 5 4 5pard 5 2 3 5 3 4 3

perFj2 5 2 3 5 3 4 3

perFj3 4 5 4 4 6 5 6

pertol 4 1 2 4 2 3 4

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) ub (colob, 2002 - 2006) collo mllo (Bzl, 1990 - 1992)

sl o h colob o ub, 1989 Fo collo mllo l foh Bzl jo fo do mo p (pmdB) fo h p

of nol roo (prn) fo h o of h og lo. Bk b wlh o h O Globo, collo lh g h h o o of ol oll hl h o f h l Ll sl of h Wok p (pt) wh 53 h -off. Bzl lh b oll lg b hgh fgo ll o of o go. th l fo collo who prnooll ol 8.2 of h hb of . i o o joo, h fo lbl-o b lg f , whl h lof h pt pdt l fog lf ooo blo (th nw yok t 15mh 1990). Bzl’ lol bl collo obl ;lgl lo w hl fo Oob 1990 b ag 1990, ll w x o h jo h ooo o o o h gh of hflg (LaWr 1 mh 1990). u h , collo o o h ow o o l h bo o-lbl fo l. th wo h og, wh lglo olg bo h ’ how of -wlg h o ooo. i Oob 1990, h pmdB boh go olo jo h ooo (ngo, 2004). polll ol,

collo’ go gl l o h bo of ok o o lgl o (mwg, 1997). dg 1991, h ooo o hwgo of h ool collo ool lo h bl o l ol. i l1991, h hogh lo g blg ool foh obo of h ozo l oo 44 o ool fo–bb ‘h bg oj’ o ‘emendao’– o o Bzl’ gobl (Larr 19sb 1991). dff fo h colob coo, h Bzl cooo o ol h obl of x- f o ho ool o b h gh o gg f

o g o cog (Hg tbl, 2002). ulk h colob o,collo w h of o go gl o of h emendao wh h hollgl o w o h h oj oo go k cog. a h , h w g h ool o o o collo w h kg.aog o o oo of h 1988 oo o 7 sb 1993, oh o o h of go (l o l) o b blh Bzl hogh o f. i nob 1991, 11 jo o fo nol pl mo (mnp) ogg h l oo g o o h f o mh 1992. uo h ’ ol of h

o ool f g, collo b g h j ,pho, o h who g blokg h fl olwhh fll h o ho of h h-ffh q fo g. (LaWr 21 nob1991). a h bgg of 1992, collo o blz h oo b ggg hb-hfflg. How, h o g o bo h ogol o

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h psdB j h o o jo h go, h of h w bb fo h l o h. i m 1992, collo w of lg o-w oo wok cog jo o o

g h . i fl o h ohow, collo o g o lo fo h f, b h lg kll h wo o bl gol o l g fo h ol. O 29 sb 1992, h hb of o collo’ h wh 441 o 38 o, whl o h 100,000 olo g h fo of og (pz Lñá).

th oo bw collo’ o h o of ub’o colob l g gh wh g o fo h h o of FGir. i boh , who h o lol o o l bo ool fo oj. O off, h

fo hl h ffl oo of bg o who fo lw bg ob b oool jo hghl fg og,  boh ofl wh og o h lo of oj gw o . How, h wo ffl o h o. Whl ub o o hf, hog h h ol bkg wol bl h o lz l of h fo oj (B, 2008b), collo ogh o l h oj b ggg l h lglg b , og, b-hfflg. ag h bkgo, wh fo h Bzl p fo

log h g h colob o? th w o l log- ol fo, l h constitutional provisions regulating the use of 

referendums Bzl. Whl h colb coo ll blh fo h of h x l o o ool og, h o h Bzl, wh h f xll f ogol b h oo. mwhl, h bo of Bzllglo o o collo b of f h – ol o hhohz ff-hgh ll of  party system fragmentation b ob hh obo o h o of FGir f h ho o gg f

wh og, .. oll o.

 b) Fb (eo, 1984-1988) . so (Gl, 1991-1993)

i 1985, Jog so el, fo l gll ch, fo hsol ao mo p (mas). a h , Gl’ flg w ofo b of go g h x -ghwhl ll l xlg h lf fo oll o. thk o h oof o-lgo, so’ lfo oo fo lf h h lol off hwo h 1990/91 l h off lo. th ol hl lgllo h l o folz cog wh enp of 4.6 whh so’ masol 18 of h 116 , h fog h o fo olo go whh ch do p (dcG) h o-o uo of h nolc (ucn). dg h g, so h lg o l lk wh

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h gll o lw o o h o f h of l w.i al 1991, h o ook goo wh h Gl gllfo rolo nol u (urnG). How f o l og,

m 1993, goo wh h urnG w o oo gghow o l h f, g blow o so’ g, w of ho o h o l g h g (pz Lñá). a h , so’ g oll olo h o fll bk o llgl offo og b o o ob o fo h o-lbl blzo (pz Lñá). th fo of h dcG fo h go olo fh wkh oo. p-g h o of o fo h h o loo hg, o 25 m, so g lf-o, g o of hoo, olg cog h s co og h lo o

o bl wol b hl wh 60 . How, h Gl selol tbl o l h ll fo lo ool(Larr 17 J 1993). O 30 m, so o h fl wh oll bo , whh h g ‘oll l o of o’o fol o ool fo f o ool fo, lggl fo ogol lo o b hl l . How, h oooj h o lgz h o, h s elol tbl, whhlo hol h o ho o f o Gl. a oloo o , h l h h o h o w, lg

so ll ho b o fl o xl.th oo bw h o of so wh o l o, h o of Fb eo, gg h w log- olfo whh h o so’ . Boh h h o of o-ho ll k b -ho f of h l whh l blh l go boh ho h bkgo fo ofl lo bw hghl fg og oll l o . O ofl h l o , boh

o -lgz h hk o hogh f,how, wh ffg . i eo, wh h oo fl h o FGir ll o , Fb ll f b w hool j b h lo. mwhl, so’ l o lo h gw fol b h f h h f o Gl bj o electoral  judicial review, x b h s elol tbl, whh h hozo.

iV. cOncLusiOns

th o o fll h g o kowlg o h of f b fogo h of FGir L a’ l . Bool l o ho b o h o fo f o. sbl,h l how h f o olx hoo h o

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o l lf o oo-l xlo. co o h o w hf l bo of ol, o-ollh, h b how h h hoo lol lk o fo whh h

log b l fo h bl of l . th wokg hoho log- ho- fo w fo h l o h ‘l of l’ h gf o of oo o o h oof f g h ll o obo of h hohz fow fo. How, wo - fo o o h ll l: fgo follow b go. th h f l h o b l o g o bk o of lok, whh ll o h ‘difficult combination’ of l l (mwg, 1993). i h g, h o

o hol f b oll lz b l ho- folk l , h of m’ o Bol, o l ll b h of Fb aló eo.

aoh g l h, oo o h hohz ff, hgh ll of fgo lo ob h o of FGir f h ho o ll f o og. a how b h l of h Bzl collo mllo o, h o fgo l flo h h lgl jo whh q fo h ooo of f.

F h o f o hol h lo h o h ff h lgl x f.

mwhl, olo o hoh gg h log- ol foob o f o l l-. alhogh Bool lf ool g h b of oo fo o fo ool fo o- fo h ofgol h lgo f, o of h l o b h Bool ol l oobo h l h (m Bol, Ll Bzl, cház vzl) h l f o o ool

lw. i, log- ol fo o l o ol hobstruction of f. th oo of l g wh h ol o l h h g , who l ol ol o h o h o w ffl h fo og o h f ool b h fool oo glg h lo of h ool. th fg holh o ol lo fo ho o bo h ol fo lb h FGir h h k b obl h bo ool g.

s h look ol h f x of L a’ l, o k olo bo h wolw hoo. dobll,h lo of h ol bo o l wol qbl ofo h h o h ff log whh h of x lgl o l. nowhg, h hol

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hoologl oh lo h ol o ffl g o foh of f o h -l of cl e eo, of whh o f oo g h o

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axtbl 4: th tbl ilg Logl r coo cofgo

coo Oo

ow a r p d m c u reF

1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1

2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1

3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1

4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 c 2

5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1

6 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1

7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1

8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

9 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1

10 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3

11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

12 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

13 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1

14 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1

15 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2

16 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 317 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2

18 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2

19 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2

20 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1

21 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2

22 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1

23 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2

24 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1

25 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1

26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

27 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1

28 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2

29 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1

30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

31 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1

32 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1

33 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 134 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

35 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1

36 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 – 0

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coo Oo

ow a r p d m c u reF

37 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 – 0

38 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 – 0

39 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 – 0

40 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 – 0

41 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 – 0

42 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 – 0

43 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 – 0

44 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 – 0

45 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 – 0

46 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 – 0

47 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 – 0

48 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 – 0

49 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 – 0

50 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 – 0

51 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 – 0

52 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 – 053 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 – 0

54 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 – 0

55 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 – 0

56 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 – 0

57 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 – 0

58 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 – 0

59 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 – 0

60 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 – 061 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 – 0

62 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 – 0

63 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 – 0

64 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 – 0

65 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 – 0

66 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 – 0

67 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 – 0

68 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 – 0

69 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 – 0

70 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 – 0

71 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 – 0

72 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 – 0

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coo Oo

ow a r p d m c u reF

73 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 – 0

74 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 – 0

75 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 – 0

76 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 – 0

77 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 – 0

78 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 – 0

79 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 – 0

80 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 – 0

81 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 – 0

82 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 – 0

83 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 – 0

84 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 – 0

85 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 – 0

86 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 – 0

87 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 – 0

88 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 – 089 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 – 0

90 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 – 0

91 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 – 0

92 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 – 0

93 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 – 0

94 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 – 0

95 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 – 0

96 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 – 097 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 – 0

98 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 – 0

99 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 – 0

100 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 – 0

101 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 – 0

102 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 – 0

103 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 – 0

104 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 – 0

105 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 – 0106 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 – 0

107 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 – 0

108 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 – 0

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coo Oo

ow a r p d m c u reF

109 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 – 0

110 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 – 0

111 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 – 0

112 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 – 0

113 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 – 0

114 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 – 0

115 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 – 0

116 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 – 0

117 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 – 0

118 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 – 0

119 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 – 0

120 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 – 0

121 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 – 0

122 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 – 0

123 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 – 0

124 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 – 0125 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 – 0

126 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 – 0

127 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 – 0

128 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 – 0

D. Ania Beue Fz th hol h d of cov pol, uvof colog, G.[e-l: .b@-kol.]

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