INVESTIGADORES
LARROSA Juan Manuel Ceferino
capítulos de libros
Título:
Political power from elite family networks in colonial Buenos Aires
Autor/es:
LARROSA, JUAN M.C.; DEL VALLE, LAURA CRISTINA
Libro:
Cliometrics and the Family: Global Patterns and their Impact on Diverging Development
Editorial:
Springer Verlag
Referencias:
Lugar: Berlin; Año: 2019; p. 173 - 195
Resumen:
The aim of this paper is to show the relationship between the nominations for seats in the Cabildo of Buenos Aires between 1776 and 1810, and the network status of councilmen and their families. For that, we test hypothesis on the relation of network metrics of elite individuals and families with political positions in the council. We find that actors and families with higher degree are statistically associated with entrance and accessing to more prominent positions in the council as indicators of political power. Specifically, actors with more centralized connections seem to pave their road to higher positions. In the case of families, a more dense structure of overlapped connections may have assured that more members reached higher positions in the Cabildo.