Even in Latin America's most socially and economically stable countries, new parties
emerge constantly, old parties collapse, and party systems across the region are notoriously …

Research on women in Latin American politics in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s showed that
very few women ran for and won political office and that those who did often did not fit the …

Una de las características principales de los sistemas de partidos institucionalizados es la
estabilidad de sus componentes. Varios estudios muestran la existencia de una fuerte …

Se trata de una propuesta de naturaleza teórica para el estudio de las carreras políticas
desde la perspectiva de la existencia de tres momentos diferentes (entrada, desempeño y …

How do legislators develop reputations to further their individual goals in environments with
limited space for personalization? In this article, we evaluate congressional behavior by …

Research on presidential coattails in elections has focused nearly exclusively on two-party
systems like the United States. Much less is known, however, about presidential coattails in …

This article examines how parties organize legislative speech. Electoral incentives and
legislative institutions affect speech participation. When electoral systems create personal …

Por inspirarse en el caso de Estados Unidos, el patrón de carrera que se desprende de la
literatura sugiere que los políticos aspiran ocupar un cargo en el Congreso y desean …

Legislators who do not expect to be permanently reelected are not necessarily non-
ambitious politicians. Whenever current legislators have different office goals in mind, it is …

How do legislators behave in systems where pursuit of re-election is not the rule, and
ambition is channelled through multiple levels of government? Is their legislative behaviour …