Presentation and discussion of the research study Incomplete democracy. A retrospective view of Peru's governability after the transition (1980-2001) by Jans Erik Cavero Cárdenas, Candidate for Doctor in Government and Public Administration for the Complutense University of Madrid. The study is based on the hypothesis that in conditions of unstable human and social development, and in the middle of a weakening of the party system, economic growth is an insufficient condition for the governability of the political system; this represents a redefinition of the concept of governability in order to adapt it to the political context of Latin America. Using this perspective, the article is structured into two parts. The first includes a summary of the different theoretical approaches to the subject of governability. The second - which is more empirical - is subdivided into three components: the first features an analysis of the political factor of governability based on three variables: the form of government, the electoral system and the party system. The second and third component refer to the economic and social factors, respectively.

Remarks by: David Sancho, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.