Sergio Huertas-Hernández
Biographic Data
| ID | 1265568 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sergio Huertas-Hernández |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sergio |
| FAMILY NAME | Huertas-Hernández |
| SIGNATURE | HUERTAS-HERNÁNDEZ S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2697-3068 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Youth representation in Latin American legislatures
Despite relatively low legal age thresholds for legislative office in Latin America, young people remain markedly underrepresented in national parliaments. Drawing on more than 9,000 individual interviews from the Parliamentary Elites of Latin America (PELA-USAL) project covering 18 countries between 1994 and 2024, this research note provides a cross-national descriptive overview of the age profile of legislators. The analysis examines age distri…
Ecuador in the Shadow of Permanent Crisis
When Congress Prevails
This study delves into the determinants of legislative overrides in multiparty legislatures, with a specific focus on the influence of partisan fragmentation within congress. Utilizing an original dataset spanning from 1995 to 2017, we examine the cases of Ecuador and Peru. Our argument posits that during lawmaking, a dispersed and fragmented party system prevents the president from anticipating the preferences of the congressional pivotal party.…
Lawmaking and Presidential Attributes in the Chilean Constitution
In 2019, Chile was struck by an uprising that shook its political structure to the core. Mobilization was so overwhelming that political elites decided—against what they had defended vigorously during past decades—to allow for a comprehensive reform of the Constitution enacted in 1980. Because constitutions allocate decision rights and define their political system as they do so, the process reopened the debate regarding the country’s imbalanced …
Two paths towards the exceptional extension of national voting rights to non-citizen residents
Only five countries have extended universal voting rights to non-citizen residents for all political spheres (local, intermediate and national): Uruguay in 1934, New Zealand in 1975, Chile in 1980, Malawi in 1994, and Ecuador in 2008. These cases constitute a unique intercontinental medley and an opportunity to study the conditions behind such revolutionary change. Through a calibrated comparative strategy based on most similar system designs (in…
El camino hacia los gabinetes ministeriales
Objetivo/contexto: este artículo tiene como objetivo analizar y determinar las causas que influyen en el Ejecutivo al momento de designar mujeres para la dirección de gabinetes ministeriales.Metodología: para esta investigación, seguimos la literatura que ha identificado variables de oferta, demanda y difusión al señalar los factores que afectan la llegada de mujeres a los gabinetes, y testeamos variables de todos los grupos. Comparamos Ecuador y…
Legislative override and particularistic bills in unstable democracies
This article addresses, in a comparative perspective, the conditions under which legislatures find greater incentives to overcome a presidential veto. The authors' framework points out that the legislative override is used selectively, essentially when the presidential veto is in particularistic bills, and in the context of unstable democracies. To test their theoretical argument the authors used an unpublished database on bills processed in Ecua…
El estado de la investigación en ciencia política sobre América Latina
Esta investigación analiza el estado de la investigación producida en ciencia política y cuyo objeto de estudio es América Latina. Para ello, presentamos una base de datos inédita en la que incluimos los artículos publicados en revistas en español y portugués que se encuentran en los índices JCR o Scimago. En primer lugar, los resultados reflejan una disciplina dinámica, plural en términos teóricos, inclinada prioritariamente al estudio de los te…
Perspectivas de la ciencia política en Colombia, diálogos y diatribas epistemológicas
El artículo presentado a continuación tiene por objetivo generar una reflexión alrededor de los postulados epistémicos de los trabajos adelantados por (Cuellar Argote, 2007) y (Leyva & Ramirez, 2015), con el ánimo de apostar por una actualización de las premisas y avances que estos autores otorgaron a la discusión sobre la Ciencia Política en Colombia y su proceso de consolidación. Así, el artículo hace uso de la metodología de análisis documenta…
Two paths towards the exceptional extension of national voting rights to non-citizen residents
Only five countries have extended universal voting rights to non-citizen residents for all political spheres (local, intermediate and national): Uruguay in 1934, New Zealand in 1975, Chile in 1980, Malawi in 1994, and Ecuador in 2008. These cases constitute a unique intercontinental medley and an opportunity to study the conditions behind such revolutionary change. Through a calibrated comparative strategy based on most similar system designs (in…
El estado de la investigación en ciencia política sobre América Latina
Esta investigación analiza el estado de la investigación producida en ciencia política y cuyo objeto de estudio es América Latina. Para ello, presentamos una base de datos inédita en la que incluimos los artículos publicados en revistas en español y portugués que se encuentran en los índices JCR o Scimago. En primer lugar, los resultados reflejan una disciplina dinámica, plural en términos teóricos, inclinada prioritariamente al estudio de los te…
Legislative override and particularistic bills in unstable democracies
This article addresses, in a comparative perspective, the conditions under which legislatures find greater incentives to overcome a presidential veto. The authors' framework points out that the legislative override is used selectively, essentially when the presidential veto is in particularistic bills, and in the context of unstable democracies. To test their theoretical argument the authors used an unpublished database on bills processed in Ecua…
When Congress Prevails
This study delves into the determinants of legislative overrides in multiparty legislatures, with a specific focus on the influence of partisan fragmentation within congress. Utilizing an original dataset spanning from 1995 to 2017, we examine the cases of Ecuador and Peru. Our argument posits that during lawmaking, a dispersed and fragmented party system prevents the president from anticipating the preferences of the congressional pivotal party.…
Ecuador in the Shadow of Permanent Crisis
Lawmaking and Presidential Attributes in the Chilean Constitution
In 2019, Chile was struck by an uprising that shook its political structure to the core. Mobilization was so overwhelming that political elites decided—against what they had defended vigorously during past decades—to allow for a comprehensive reform of the Constitution enacted in 1980. Because constitutions allocate decision rights and define their political system as they do so, the process reopened the debate regarding the country’s imbalanced …
Perspectivas de la ciencia política en Colombia, diálogos y diatribas epistemológicas
El artículo presentado a continuación tiene por objetivo generar una reflexión alrededor de los postulados epistémicos de los trabajos adelantados por (Cuellar Argote, 2007) y (Leyva & Ramirez, 2015), con el ánimo de apostar por una actualización de las premisas y avances que estos autores otorgaron a la discusión sobre la Ciencia Política en Colombia y su proceso de consolidación. Así, el artículo hace uso de la metodología de análisis documenta…
El estado de la investigación en ciencia política sobre América Latina
Esta investigación analiza el estado de la investigación producida en ciencia política y cuyo objeto de estudio es América Latina. Para ello, presentamos una base de datos inédita en la que incluimos los artículos publicados en revistas en español y portugués que se encuentran en los índices JCR o Scimago. En primer lugar, los resultados reflejan una disciplina dinámica, plural en términos teóricos, inclinada prioritariamente al estudio de los te…
El camino hacia los gabinetes ministeriales
Objetivo/contexto: este artículo tiene como objetivo analizar y determinar las causas que influyen en el Ejecutivo al momento de designar mujeres para la dirección de gabinetes ministeriales.Metodología: para esta investigación, seguimos la literatura que ha identificado variables de oferta, demanda y difusión al señalar los factores que afectan la llegada de mujeres a los gabinetes, y testeamos variables de todos los grupos. Comparamos Ecuador y…
Legislative override and particularistic bills in unstable democracies
This article addresses, in a comparative perspective, the conditions under which legislatures find greater incentives to overcome a presidential veto. The authors' framework points out that the legislative override is used selectively, essentially when the presidential veto is in particularistic bills, and in the context of unstable democracies. To test their theoretical argument the authors used an unpublished database on bills processed in Ecua…
Two paths towards the exceptional extension of national voting rights to non-citizen residents
Only five countries have extended universal voting rights to non-citizen residents for all political spheres (local, intermediate and national): Uruguay in 1934, New Zealand in 1975, Chile in 1980, Malawi in 1994, and Ecuador in 2008. These cases constitute a unique intercontinental medley and an opportunity to study the conditions behind such revolutionary change. Through a calibrated comparative strategy based on most similar system designs (in…
When Congress Prevails
This study delves into the determinants of legislative overrides in multiparty legislatures, with a specific focus on the influence of partisan fragmentation within congress. Utilizing an original dataset spanning from 1995 to 2017, we examine the cases of Ecuador and Peru. Our argument posits that during lawmaking, a dispersed and fragmented party system prevents the president from anticipating the preferences of the congressional pivotal party.…
Lawmaking and Presidential Attributes in the Chilean Constitution
In 2019, Chile was struck by an uprising that shook its political structure to the core. Mobilization was so overwhelming that political elites decided—against what they had defended vigorously during past decades—to allow for a comprehensive reform of the Constitution enacted in 1980. Because constitutions allocate decision rights and define their political system as they do so, the process reopened the debate regarding the country’s imbalanced …
Ecuador in the Shadow of Permanent Crisis
Youth representation in Latin American legislatures
Despite relatively low legal age thresholds for legislative office in Latin America, young people remain markedly underrepresented in national parliaments. Drawing on more than 9,000 individual interviews from the Parliamentary Elites of Latin America (PELA-USAL) project covering 18 countries between 1994 and 2024, this research note provides a cross-national descriptive overview of the age profile of legislators. The analysis examines age distri…
Political science (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Legislature (4 works) · Politics and Society in Latin America (4 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 works) · Humanities (3 works) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (3 works) · Law and economics (3 works) · Democracy (2 works)