El presente trabajo analiza la estructura y dinámica de las carreras políticas subnacionales
(estaduales o provinciales) en regímenes federalizados de gobierno. Utilizando datos …

Este artículo analiza las carreras políticas de aquellos actores que, tras cumplir un solo
período en la legislatura, no vuelven a ocupar otros espacios de elección popular o de …

The paper compares career patterns and their relationship to the given institutional
structures in three federal systems: Brazil, Germany, and the US For a long time federal …

A central concern about the robustness of democratic rule in new democracies is the
concentration of power in the executive branch and the potential this creates for abuse. This …

This dissertation unfolds subnational political phenomena by engaging questions about
redistributive politics and territorial power-building. How do state governors in federal …

El objetivo del artículo es analizar la influencia del contexto político y de la carrera política
en el comportamiento de los legisladores a partir de la base de datos Élites Parlamentarias …

Most everybody is ambitious about their own careers. Most of us aspire to be promoted to
positions with greater responsibilities and benefits and have a clear sense of what we mean …

The micro-foundations of party unity are still an understudied topic in comparative politics.
This article explores the effects of political ambition on party loyalty in Members of the …

In countries where legislators can sponsor bills, but these bills have few chances of
promulgation, motives other than seeing a bill become law must also account for bill …

This paper examines committee behavior in Colombia to determine whether parties or
coalitions exert agenda-setting powers despite the fact that the formal rules seemingly …