This book analyzes why and how fifteen Latin American countries modified their political
institutions to promote the inclusion of women, Afrodescendants, and indigenous peoples …

Political parties in the developing world often face serious electoral crises; from one election
to the next, parties can be decisively voted out of national office. What happens to a party …

Chile has maintained a limited industrial policy for nearly three decades. Policy resilience
during the 2000s and 2010s is especially puzzling given the political and economic context …

A common conclusion of studies on Central America's democracies and political economy is
that the weakness of institutions and the strength of elites are a main reason for the re gion's …

This article focuses on the efforts of power holders–at the executive or the legislative level–
to influence or curb court activity informally or extra-legally, an acknowledged but under …

By raising household income, remittances lower the marginal utility of targeted electoral
transfers, thus weakening the efficacy of vote buying. Yet, remittances make individuals …

The recent peace process between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has prompted radical changes in the country's Amazon …

In this paper we analyze the evolution of the teacher assessment policy and the origins of
school-based management initiatives in the Mexican education context from the late 1980s …

En los últimos años, diversos esfuerzos investigativos renovaron un campo de indagación
que, desde Gino Germani, había sido parte fundante de la sociología argentina. La …

This article provides an analysis of the uneven practices and outcomes of new
developmentalism in Brazil. New developmentalism has been described as a hybrid …