Elección racional e instituciones políticas. El antagonismo como lo ausente de la política

The paper’s main objective is to present some central aspects of rational choice theory and its particular definition of politics and the role of the institutions involved. Along with giving an account of the main theoretical and political consequences arising from this conception, the text argues that the difficulties rational choice theory has in providing an understanding of political processes and phenomena are related to its inability to insert antagonism as a central and essential component.