%0 Journal Article %T La pol¨ªtica del poder: Alianzas e interacciones partidistas estrat¨¦gicas en Rep¨²blica Dominicana %A BENITO S¨¢NCHEZ %A ANA BEL¨¦N %J Revista de ciencia pol¨ªtica (Santiago) %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-090X2010000300008 %X the objective of this paper is to suggest that in the "third dominican transition" (the one of the democratic consolidation), emerges a specific type of plural presidentialism characterized by the exchange and inter-party cooperation. these practices have been responsible for stability and democratic governability. this article presents the commitments (formal and informal) of the dominican political elite and the institutional/partisan variables that support them. %K presidentialism %K cooperation %K alliances %K patronage %K dominican republic. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-090X2010000300008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en