Fernando Rosenblatt
Biographic Data
| ID | 234206 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fernando Rosenblatt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fernando |
| FAMILY NAME | Rosenblatt |
| SIGNATURE | ROSENBLATT F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Diego Portales University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6033-3793 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 130 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 27 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Labor law and workplace injuries
Intervening public spaces by subtraction
Activating without Transforming
We analyze how new technologies can be used to foster individual engagement that limits deliberation and reduces people's capacity for political action within parties. We present the results of an analysis of the case of the Argentinean Propuesta Republicana (PRO). Using data from in-depth interviews with key actors-party elites and political consultants-we show that new technologies helped to mobilize almost 1 million volunteers in presidential …
Disrupting Compliance
Local Government, Social Media and Management of Covid-19
Most research on governments' use of social media focuses on the national or federal level. We therefore know little about the way local authorities harness social media platforms to communicate with their constituencies. This paper studies the role structural and political variables played in Chilean mayors' political communication strategies during 2020–2021, a period of municipal elections marked by lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We e…
Unorganized Politics
Extant theories posit that political conflict affords favorable circumstances for successful party building. However, crises do not necessarily engender the emergence of new parties with the capacity to integrate discontent. In this in-depth analysis of Chile, we show how lowering barriers to entry inadvertently precluded the development of a national political organization. We describe the nature of new political actors who emerged from the cycl…
How the exercise of the right to information (RTI) affects trust in political institutions
Raising the Red Flag
The recent surge of global populism has led many intellectuals to call for new forms of democratic elitism. Yet research into the sources of support for political organizations and regimes predicts that suppressing opportunities for public participation will likely exacerbate antisystem political tendencies. We cite the recent protests in Chile, a nation that has employed democratic elitism more effectively than perhaps any other, as illustrative…
Domestic isomorphic pressures in the design of FOI oversight institutions in Latin America
Even though many countries in Latin America have adopted FOI Laws, there are significant differences in the institutional design of FOI oversight institutions. Most explanations highlight the role of political competition in motivating political actors to design strong de jure FOI oversight institutions. The design of FOI oversight institutions in Chile, Peru and Uruguay, however, cannot fully be explained by political competition. We show how is…
Agents of Representation
Parties are central agents of democratic representation. The literature assumes that this function is an automatic consequence of social structure and/or a product of incentives derived from electoral competition. However, representation is contingent upon the organizational structure of parties. The connection between a party and an organized constituency is not limited to electoral strategy; it includes an organic connection through permanent f…
Much Ado About Facebook? Evidence from 80 Congressional Campaigns in Chile
How do political candidates combine social media campaign tools with on-the-ground political campaigns to pursue segmented electoral strategies? We argue that online campaigns can reproduce and reinforce segmented electoral appeals. Furthermore, our study suggests that electoral segmentation remains a broader phenomenon that includes social media as but one of many instruments by which to appeal to voters. To test our argument, we analyze the cas…
Political parties, diminished subtypes, and democracy
There is a resurgence of interest in political parties. This resurgent interest embraces a minimalist definition of political parties, according to which any group that competes in elections and receives a handful of votes qualifies as a party. Parties, however, are expected to contribute to democratic representation, and the party politics literature has extensively shown that many “parties” do not fulfill this expectation. These entities that p…
Uruguay 2019
El año 2019 supuso cambios en el sistema político uruguayo. El Frente Amplio (FA), partido de centro izquierda en el gobierno desde 2005, perdiÃ3 la presidencia a manos de una coaliciÃ3n de partidos de centro-derecha, la CoaliciÃ3n Multicolor liderada por Luis Lacalle Pou del Partido Nacional (PN). Este artículo ilustra la importancia de las variables econÃ3micas en las elecciones presidenciales en el Uruguay. La alternancia de partidos en el gob…
Stability and incorporation
Party system institutionalization (PSI) is a critical dimension of modern democracies. However, conventional approaches to institutionalization do not include party systems’ ability to adapt and respond to challenges that emanate from society, one of the crucial traits in Huntington’s definition of institutionalization. We discuss conventional approaches to the analysis of PSI. Building upon the idea of social orders put forth by North, Wallis, a…
Preregistering Qualitative Research
Preregistrations-records made a priori about study designs and analysis plans and placed in open repositories-are thought to strengthen the credibility and transparency of research. Different authors have put forth arguments in favor of introducing this practice in qualitative research and made suggestions for what to include in a qualitative preregistration form. The goal of this study was to gauge and understand what parts of preregistration te…
How Party Activism Survives
Political parties with activists are in decline due to various external shocks. Societal changes, like the emergence of new technologies of communication have diminished the role and number of activists, while party elites increasingly can make do without grassroots activists. However, recent scholarship concerning different democracies has shown how activism still matters for representation. This book contributes to this literature by analyzing …
Efficacy and the Reproduction of Political Activism
The professionalization of politics and the disappearance of party organizations based on activists seems an inescapable trend. This article shows, by studying the Broad Front of Uruguay as a deviant case, the relevance of organizational rules for explaining the reproduction of party activism. Using data from both an online survey of people differing in their levels of engagement with the Broad Front and in-depth interviews with party activists, …
Party Vibrancy and Democracy in Latin America
How do political parties remain vibrant organizations? This qualitative study of political parties in Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay explains how party vibrancy is maintained and reproduced over time. A vibrant party is an active organization that operates beyond electoral cycles, has clear symbols, and maintains a significant presence in the territory. The study identifies the complex interaction between four causal factors that account for the …
Chile
This chapter analyzes the major Chilean political parties: PSCh, DC, RN, UDI, and PPD. Chile has had stable parties for an extended period, and some of its parties have had long trajectories. Since the 2000s, the country has witnessed a process of party decay. The UDI is the only party where, at the time of fieldwork, all causal factors were observed, and it was also the only vibrant party. The chapter highlights the waning effect of Trauma, show…
The Engagement Curve
Considerable research has been conducted on the relationship between socioeconomic inequality and political engagement. However, there is little consensus on the exact nature of the relationship, and considerable variation in the relationship exists even among countries with similar levels of inequality. This lack of clarity in the literature exists because the impact of inequality on engagement is not constant, but changes depending on the strat…
Translated Abstracts
Entre los diferentes efectos de la extrema desigualdad socioecon6mica, el relativo a los patrones de involucramiento politico es uno de los mas corroborados. Sin embargo, esta relaci6n varia bastante de pais en pais, de un modo que no puede ser explicado unicamente por el nivel objetivo de desigualdad. En este sentido, sostenemos que la relaci6n entre desigualdad e involucramiento politico es moderada por el contexto politico. Mas especificamente
Transparency and Reproducibility in Multi-Method Research
Que explica la cooperacion internacional entre burocratas expertos de distintos paises en vias de desarrollo? Este articulo explica la cooperacion internacional entre agencias inter-gubernamentales a partir de la necesidad que tienen los burocratas expertos de actualizarse profesionalmente cuando el estado deja de invertir en recursos humanos. Este argumento es testeado utilizando datos de participacion en proyectos internacionales en el area de …
Pre-Analysis Plans for Qualitative Research
The design and registration of Pre-analysis Plans (PAP) represents a significant improvement in social science research transparency.This tool is commonly used in experimental research.In this research note, we suggest extending the use of PAP to qualitative research.In recent decades, researchers have produced several methodological innovations, which have improved the quality of qualitative analysis.New tools also have been developed and resear…
A Natural Experiment in Political Decentralization
The potential democratizing effect of political decentralization reforms has been a matter of substantial theoretical and empirical debate. This article analyzes the effect of local democratic institution building on the political attitudes and behavior of citizens living in small towns in Uruguay. More specifically, using a natural experiment design, this research seeks to establish the causal impact of recently established elections of local au…
Religious parties in Chile
This article analyses the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) and the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) of Chile, both of which could be considered religiously oriented parties. On the basis of the typology introduced in this special issue, we conclude that the PDC has oscillated between the "progressive" and "conservative" types. Meanwhile, the UDI represents an uncontested example of the conservative type. However, both parties share a number of …
Preregistering Qualitative Research
Preregistrations-records made a priori about study designs and analysis plans and placed in open repositories-are thought to strengthen the credibility and transparency of research. Different authors have put forth arguments in favor of introducing this practice in qualitative research and made suggestions for what to include in a qualitative preregistration form. The goal of this study was to gauge and understand what parts of preregistration te…
Political parties, diminished subtypes, and democracy
There is a resurgence of interest in political parties. This resurgent interest embraces a minimalist definition of political parties, according to which any group that competes in elections and receives a handful of votes qualifies as a party. Parties, however, are expected to contribute to democratic representation, and the party politics literature has extensively shown that many “parties” do not fulfill this expectation. These entities that p…
Stability and incorporation
Party system institutionalization (PSI) is a critical dimension of modern democracies. However, conventional approaches to institutionalization do not include party systems’ ability to adapt and respond to challenges that emanate from society, one of the crucial traits in Huntington’s definition of institutionalization. We discuss conventional approaches to the analysis of PSI. Building upon the idea of social orders put forth by North, Wallis, a…
Agents of Representation
Parties are central agents of democratic representation. The literature assumes that this function is an automatic consequence of social structure and/or a product of incentives derived from electoral competition. However, representation is contingent upon the organizational structure of parties. The connection between a party and an organized constituency is not limited to electoral strategy; it includes an organic connection through permanent f…
Raising the Red Flag
The recent surge of global populism has led many intellectuals to call for new forms of democratic elitism. Yet research into the sources of support for political organizations and regimes predicts that suppressing opportunities for public participation will likely exacerbate antisystem political tendencies. We cite the recent protests in Chile, a nation that has employed democratic elitism more effectively than perhaps any other, as illustrative…
Religious parties in Chile
This article analyses the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) and the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) of Chile, both of which could be considered religiously oriented parties. On the basis of the typology introduced in this special issue, we conclude that the PDC has oscillated between the "progressive" and "conservative" types. Meanwhile, the UDI represents an uncontested example of the conservative type. However, both parties share a number of …
Efficacy and the Reproduction of Political Activism
The professionalization of politics and the disappearance of party organizations based on activists seems an inescapable trend. This article shows, by studying the Broad Front of Uruguay as a deviant case, the relevance of organizational rules for explaining the reproduction of party activism. Using data from both an online survey of people differing in their levels of engagement with the Broad Front and in-depth interviews with party activists, …
Pre-Analysis Plans for Qualitative Research
The design and registration of Pre-analysis Plans (PAP) represents a significant improvement in social science research transparency.This tool is commonly used in experimental research.In this research note, we suggest extending the use of PAP to qualitative research.In recent decades, researchers have produced several methodological innovations, which have improved the quality of qualitative analysis.New tools also have been developed and resear…
Unorganized Politics
Extant theories posit that political conflict affords favorable circumstances for successful party building. However, crises do not necessarily engender the emergence of new parties with the capacity to integrate discontent. In this in-depth analysis of Chile, we show how lowering barriers to entry inadvertently precluded the development of a national political organization. We describe the nature of new political actors who emerged from the cycl…
Domestic isomorphic pressures in the design of FOI oversight institutions in Latin America
Even though many countries in Latin America have adopted FOI Laws, there are significant differences in the institutional design of FOI oversight institutions. Most explanations highlight the role of political competition in motivating political actors to design strong de jure FOI oversight institutions. The design of FOI oversight institutions in Chile, Peru and Uruguay, however, cannot fully be explained by political competition. We show how is…
Uruguay 2019
El año 2019 supuso cambios en el sistema político uruguayo. El Frente Amplio (FA), partido de centro izquierda en el gobierno desde 2005, perdiÃ3 la presidencia a manos de una coaliciÃ3n de partidos de centro-derecha, la CoaliciÃ3n Multicolor liderada por Luis Lacalle Pou del Partido Nacional (PN). Este artículo ilustra la importancia de las variables econÃ3micas en las elecciones presidenciales en el Uruguay. La alternancia de partidos en el gob…
Transparency and Reproducibility in Multi-Method Research
Que explica la cooperacion internacional entre burocratas expertos de distintos paises en vias de desarrollo? Este articulo explica la cooperacion internacional entre agencias inter-gubernamentales a partir de la necesidad que tienen los burocratas expertos de actualizarse profesionalmente cuando el estado deja de invertir en recursos humanos. Este argumento es testeado utilizando datos de participacion en proyectos internacionales en el area de …
Much Ado About Facebook? Evidence from 80 Congressional Campaigns in Chile
How do political candidates combine social media campaign tools with on-the-ground political campaigns to pursue segmented electoral strategies? We argue that online campaigns can reproduce and reinforce segmented electoral appeals. Furthermore, our study suggests that electoral segmentation remains a broader phenomenon that includes social media as but one of many instruments by which to appeal to voters. To test our argument, we analyze the cas…
A Natural Experiment in Political Decentralization
The potential democratizing effect of political decentralization reforms has been a matter of substantial theoretical and empirical debate. This article analyzes the effect of local democratic institution building on the political attitudes and behavior of citizens living in small towns in Uruguay. More specifically, using a natural experiment design, this research seeks to establish the causal impact of recently established elections of local au…
Activating without Transforming
We analyze how new technologies can be used to foster individual engagement that limits deliberation and reduces people's capacity for political action within parties. We present the results of an analysis of the case of the Argentinean Propuesta Republicana (PRO). Using data from in-depth interviews with key actors-party elites and political consultants-we show that new technologies helped to mobilize almost 1 million volunteers in presidential …
Local Government, Social Media and Management of Covid-19
Most research on governments' use of social media focuses on the national or federal level. We therefore know little about the way local authorities harness social media platforms to communicate with their constituencies. This paper studies the role structural and political variables played in Chilean mayors' political communication strategies during 2020–2021, a period of municipal elections marked by lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We e…
How the exercise of the right to information (RTI) affects trust in political institutions
El Dispar Desenlace De La Crisis Económica en Argentina Y Uruguay (2001-2002)
2006 / 97 -119 El dispar dEsEnlacE dE la crisis Económica En argEntina y UrUgUay (2001
El Dispar Desenlace De La Crisis Económica en Argentina Y Uruguay (2001-2002)
2006 / 97 -119 El dispar dEsEnlacE dE la crisis Económica En argEntina y UrUgUay (2001
Wendy Hunter, The Transformation of the Worker's Party in Brazil, 1989-2009
Religious parties in Chile
This article analyses the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) and the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) of Chile, both of which could be considered religiously oriented parties. On the basis of the typology introduced in this special issue, we conclude that the PDC has oscillated between the "progressive" and "conservative" types. Meanwhile, the UDI represents an uncontested example of the conservative type. However, both parties share a number of …
A Natural Experiment in Political Decentralization
The potential democratizing effect of political decentralization reforms has been a matter of substantial theoretical and empirical debate. This article analyzes the effect of local democratic institution building on the political attitudes and behavior of citizens living in small towns in Uruguay. More specifically, using a natural experiment design, this research seeks to establish the causal impact of recently established elections of local au…
The Engagement Curve
Considerable research has been conducted on the relationship between socioeconomic inequality and political engagement. However, there is little consensus on the exact nature of the relationship, and considerable variation in the relationship exists even among countries with similar levels of inequality. This lack of clarity in the literature exists because the impact of inequality on engagement is not constant, but changes depending on the strat…
Translated Abstracts
Entre los diferentes efectos de la extrema desigualdad socioecon6mica, el relativo a los patrones de involucramiento politico es uno de los mas corroborados. Sin embargo, esta relaci6n varia bastante de pais en pais, de un modo que no puede ser explicado unicamente por el nivel objetivo de desigualdad. En este sentido, sostenemos que la relaci6n entre desigualdad e involucramiento politico es moderada por el contexto politico. Mas especificamente
Transparency and Reproducibility in Multi-Method Research
Que explica la cooperacion internacional entre burocratas expertos de distintos paises en vias de desarrollo? Este articulo explica la cooperacion internacional entre agencias inter-gubernamentales a partir de la necesidad que tienen los burocratas expertos de actualizarse profesionalmente cuando el estado deja de invertir en recursos humanos. Este argumento es testeado utilizando datos de participacion en proyectos internacionales en el area de …
Pre-Analysis Plans for Qualitative Research
The design and registration of Pre-analysis Plans (PAP) represents a significant improvement in social science research transparency.This tool is commonly used in experimental research.In this research note, we suggest extending the use of PAP to qualitative research.In recent decades, researchers have produced several methodological innovations, which have improved the quality of qualitative analysis.New tools also have been developed and resear…
Party Vibrancy and Democracy in Latin America
How do political parties remain vibrant organizations? This qualitative study of political parties in Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay explains how party vibrancy is maintained and reproduced over time. A vibrant party is an active organization that operates beyond electoral cycles, has clear symbols, and maintains a significant presence in the territory. The study identifies the complex interaction between four causal factors that account for the …
Chile
This chapter analyzes the major Chilean political parties: PSCh, DC, RN, UDI, and PPD. Chile has had stable parties for an extended period, and some of its parties have had long trajectories. Since the 2000s, the country has witnessed a process of party decay. The UDI is the only party where, at the time of fieldwork, all causal factors were observed, and it was also the only vibrant party. The chapter highlights the waning effect of Trauma, show…
How Party Activism Survives
Political parties with activists are in decline due to various external shocks. Societal changes, like the emergence of new technologies of communication have diminished the role and number of activists, while party elites increasingly can make do without grassroots activists. However, recent scholarship concerning different democracies has shown how activism still matters for representation. This book contributes to this literature by analyzing …
Efficacy and the Reproduction of Political Activism
The professionalization of politics and the disappearance of party organizations based on activists seems an inescapable trend. This article shows, by studying the Broad Front of Uruguay as a deviant case, the relevance of organizational rules for explaining the reproduction of party activism. Using data from both an online survey of people differing in their levels of engagement with the Broad Front and in-depth interviews with party activists, …
Uruguay 2019
El año 2019 supuso cambios en el sistema político uruguayo. El Frente Amplio (FA), partido de centro izquierda en el gobierno desde 2005, perdiÃ3 la presidencia a manos de una coaliciÃ3n de partidos de centro-derecha, la CoaliciÃ3n Multicolor liderada por Luis Lacalle Pou del Partido Nacional (PN). Este artículo ilustra la importancia de las variables econÃ3micas en las elecciones presidenciales en el Uruguay. La alternancia de partidos en el gob…
Stability and incorporation
Party system institutionalization (PSI) is a critical dimension of modern democracies. However, conventional approaches to institutionalization do not include party systems’ ability to adapt and respond to challenges that emanate from society, one of the crucial traits in Huntington’s definition of institutionalization. We discuss conventional approaches to the analysis of PSI. Building upon the idea of social orders put forth by North, Wallis, a…
Preregistering Qualitative Research
Preregistrations-records made a priori about study designs and analysis plans and placed in open repositories-are thought to strengthen the credibility and transparency of research. Different authors have put forth arguments in favor of introducing this practice in qualitative research and made suggestions for what to include in a qualitative preregistration form. The goal of this study was to gauge and understand what parts of preregistration te…
Much Ado About Facebook? Evidence from 80 Congressional Campaigns in Chile
How do political candidates combine social media campaign tools with on-the-ground political campaigns to pursue segmented electoral strategies? We argue that online campaigns can reproduce and reinforce segmented electoral appeals. Furthermore, our study suggests that electoral segmentation remains a broader phenomenon that includes social media as but one of many instruments by which to appeal to voters. To test our argument, we analyze the cas…
Political parties, diminished subtypes, and democracy
There is a resurgence of interest in political parties. This resurgent interest embraces a minimalist definition of political parties, according to which any group that competes in elections and receives a handful of votes qualifies as a party. Parties, however, are expected to contribute to democratic representation, and the party politics literature has extensively shown that many “parties” do not fulfill this expectation. These entities that p…
Domestic isomorphic pressures in the design of FOI oversight institutions in Latin America
Even though many countries in Latin America have adopted FOI Laws, there are significant differences in the institutional design of FOI oversight institutions. Most explanations highlight the role of political competition in motivating political actors to design strong de jure FOI oversight institutions. The design of FOI oversight institutions in Chile, Peru and Uruguay, however, cannot fully be explained by political competition. We show how is…
Agents of Representation
Parties are central agents of democratic representation. The literature assumes that this function is an automatic consequence of social structure and/or a product of incentives derived from electoral competition. However, representation is contingent upon the organizational structure of parties. The connection between a party and an organized constituency is not limited to electoral strategy; it includes an organic connection through permanent f…
How the exercise of the right to information (RTI) affects trust in political institutions
Raising the Red Flag
The recent surge of global populism has led many intellectuals to call for new forms of democratic elitism. Yet research into the sources of support for political organizations and regimes predicts that suppressing opportunities for public participation will likely exacerbate antisystem political tendencies. We cite the recent protests in Chile, a nation that has employed democratic elitism more effectively than perhaps any other, as illustrative…
Disrupting Compliance
Local Government, Social Media and Management of Covid-19
Most research on governments' use of social media focuses on the national or federal level. We therefore know little about the way local authorities harness social media platforms to communicate with their constituencies. This paper studies the role structural and political variables played in Chilean mayors' political communication strategies during 2020–2021, a period of municipal elections marked by lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We e…
Unorganized Politics
Extant theories posit that political conflict affords favorable circumstances for successful party building. However, crises do not necessarily engender the emergence of new parties with the capacity to integrate discontent. In this in-depth analysis of Chile, we show how lowering barriers to entry inadvertently precluded the development of a national political organization. We describe the nature of new political actors who emerged from the cycl…
Intervening public spaces by subtraction
Political science (22 works) · Politics (14 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Law (13 works) · Law (10 works) · Political economy (10 works) · Politics and Society in Latin America (10 works) · Economics (6 works) · Democracy (5 works) · Public Administration (5 works)