%0 Journal Article %T Costa Rica: fin de una era pol¨ªtica %A Vargas Cullell %A Jorge %J Revista de ciencia pol¨ªtica (Santiago) %D 2007 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-090X2007000100007 %X 2006 was a turning point for costa rican stable political system. in the national elections, the dominant bipartisan system since the 1980s was rebuffed by the electorate, and a new and fragile system emerged. even though the new government was able to forge a centre-right majoritarian coalition in parliament, this is an unstable and heterogeneous alliance. the multiple veto points within the state institutional framework help to create a new, more fluid and uncertain political situation %K partidos pol¨ªticos %K comportamiento electoral %K coaliciones parlamentarias %K poderes de estado o pol¨ªticas p¨²blicas. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-090X2007000100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en