Liberals Conservatives Caudillos-1

POLITICAL ORIENTATION POLITICAL AUTHORITY OF THE CREOLE ELITES IN THEIR OWN TERRITORIES POLITICAL IDEAS LIBERALS LEGACY OF ENLIGHTENMENT LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC VALUES – LIBERTY, EQUALITY, AND FRATERNITY SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE AND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS TO PROPERTY FREEDOM OF SPEECH, THOUGHT, ASSOCIATION AND RELIGION AGAINST TYRANNY SEPARATION OF POWERS – BALANCE OF EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATURE AND JUDICIARY MODERNITY – IDEAS ASSOCIATED WITH ECONOMIC PROGRESS SCIENTIFIC POSITIVISM RECONCILE LIBERALISM WITH OLIGARCHIC RULE OLIGARCHY CONSERVATIVES MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO – TRADITIONAL SOCIETY FOR POLITICAL REASONS WITHOUT SPANISH RULE CHURCH INFLUENCE – PRIVILEGES OF THE CLERGY, ECONOMIC INTERESTS WEALTH AND SOCIAL POSITION AUTHORITY OVER THE LOWER CLASSES CREOLE INTERESTS CAUDILLOS LEGACY OF INDEPENDENCE WARS LEGACY TO DEVELOPMENT OF MILITARISM – CHARACTERIZED SPANISH AMERICAN POLITICAL LIFE STATE IS WEAK TO PROVIDE SECURITY OF INDIVIDUALS FIGURE – PERCEIVED AS CHARISMATIC LEADER COMBINATION OF MILITARY AND POLITICAL SKILLS

TIES OF BLOOD – RELATIVES, FRIENDS, CLIENTS ABLE TO BUILD A NETWORK OF CLIENTS AS A BASE OF SUPPORT PATRON – CLIENT RELATIONSHIP MUTUAL DEPENDENCE PRODUCT OF RURAL AREAS ESTANCIA – HACIENDA