Politicians without borders. Transnational networks, political parties and democratization in Latin America

Abstract

This paper lies within the Latin America democratization studies, emphasizing the activity of politicians and political parties as transnational actors and considering the interconnection between different levels (local, national and international) was one of the main resour­ces for politicians in democratization contexts. Through them, they built personal relationships networks in a transnational level as a decisive strategy to accumulate power, prestige and other resources. Socialist International missions will be addressed as an example of political action, little considered by specialized literature but very influential at that time.

Keywords

• actores trasnacionales
• partidos políticos
• democratización
• internacional socialista
• redes.