Laura Wills-Otero
Biographic Data
| ID | 240341 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Wills-Otero |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Wills-Otero |
| SIGNATURE | WILLS-OTERO L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de los Andes |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6330-8975 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
When the Business Sector Enters Party Politics: Conservative Mobilisation and Strategic Use of Threats
Why do business actors sometimes move beyond indirect influence and engage directly in party politics? This article examines the conditions under which economic elites adopt what we term a “party solution”: direct involvement in conservative parties through candidacies, organisational roles, and access to government. Drawing on a comparative analysis of Argentina and Colombia, it argues that this strategy is more likely when a sustained perceptio…
Elecciones presidenciales y legislativas en Colombia en 2022
Objective/context: This introductory article to the dossier on Legislative and Presidential Elections 2022 of Colombia Internacional seeks to describe important features of the 2022 electoral campaign, as well as present the configuration of the party system based on the results of both legislative and presidential elections. The goal is to provide a general context of national elections, complementing the specific contributions and findings of t…
Dilemas de la vitalidad del partido político Centro Democrático (CD), 2013-2020
Objective/context: The organizational vitality of political parties is understood as their capacity to attract activists, keep them allied to the organization, and united among themselves. More vital parties promote greater participation of their activists and increase their ability to resist changing circumstances and exo- genous shocks. Four conditions explain the reproduction of political party vitality: trauma, programmatic purpose, channels …
Electoral Competition at the Subnational Level. Emeralds and Politics in Colombia, 1997-2015
Objective/context: This article is part of a special edition of Colombia Internacional: “Transformaciones de los sistemas partidarios en América Latina” (Party system transformations in Latin America). It explains the transition from closed, non-competitive party systems to competitive party systems in Colombian emerald municipalities from the late 1990s until 2015. Methodology: We use a subnational approach within a unitary system to test a body…
Elections and Parties in Latin America: Ruptures and Continuities at the End of a Decade
The book 'Elecciones y partidos en América Latina en el cambio de ciclo', edited by Manuel Alcántara, Daniel Buquet and María Laura Tagina, and published in 2018 by the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas in Madrid, Spain, is composed of 20 chapters, including the introduction and conclusion. Most of the authors have received their PhDs from the University of Salamanca, and many of the chapters include sources of information produced in that i…
El auge de los estudios sobre la política subnacional latinoamericana
Introducción Las últimas décadas fueron prolíficas en análisis sobre política subnacional dentro de los estudios politológicos sobre América Latina. Esta tendencia a poner en primer plano la política local se encuentra principalmente ligada a los procesos de democratización de nuestros países y a los procesos de descentralización que experimentaron tanto los países unitarios como federales de la región (Fox 1994). Sin embargo, mientras que el boo…
Los viajes olvidados de la democracia: Circulación y apropiación de la legislación electoral en Colombia, 1855–1886
Este artículo estudia la circulación y apropiación de la legislación electoral en Colombia entre 1855 y 1886. Ofrece algunas respuestas y una nueva perspectiva para el estudio de la propagación, recepción y lectura de la democracia en Colombia e Hispanoamérica en el siglo XIX. El trabajo abre con un estudio de la circulación de las constituciones y las leyes electorales, en un esfuerzo por examinar las distintas maneras en que los gobernantes, pe…
Colombia en 2015: Paz, elecciones regionales y relaciones entre las ramas del poder público
como objetivo reseñar hechos de coyuntura política, económica y social, así como de procesos políticos que se dieron en el interior y entre las tres ramas del poder público del país durante 2015.A lo largo del año, la rama ejecutiva, la legislativa, y la judicial concentraron esfuerzos para crear condiciones encaminadas a una salida negociada del conflicto armado que vive el país.Las elecciones regionales de octubre estuvieron permeadas por la id…
The electoral performance of Latin American traditional parties, 1978–2006: Does the internal structure matter
This article explains variation in the electoral trajectories of Latin American traditional parties since transitions to democratic governments in the late 20th century until the first half of the 2000s, when democracies were already consolidated. This article addresses the question of why some parties suffer more than others under challenging contextual conditions, or why some parties are able to weather difficult external environments, e.g. eco…
Carta a los lectores
Carta a los lectores
De Uribe a Santos: Cambios Y Continuidades De La Política Colombiana en 2011
tiene como objetivo reseñar algunos de los hechos, procesos y decisiones de carácter público que definieron la política nacional colombiana durante 2011.a lo largo del año, el gobierno de Juan manuel santos tomó decisiones que reflejaron cambios con respecto a las políticas de su antecesor, Álvaro
From Party Systems to Party Organizations: The Adaptation of Latin American Parties to Changing Environments
The study of party systems and political parties is one of the largest subfields in political science. Classic studies in advanced democracies focused primarily on party systems and developed theories about the causes and consequences of different types of systems. In recent years, new academic work begun to differentiate parties within systems by understanding their organizational structure, their internal dynamics, the different ways in which t…
Electoral Systems in Latin America: Explaining the Adoption of Proportional Representation Systems During the Twentieth Century
This article explains the twentieth-century Latin American shift from majoritarian to proportional representation (PR) electoral systems. It argues that PR was introduced when the electoral arena changed significantly and threatened the power of the dominant party. The adoption of PR was therefore an effort by the established party to retain partial power in the face of absolute defeat. Majoritarian systems remained in place when the incumbent pa…
A Woman for U.S. President? Gender and Leadership Traits Before and After 9/11
A public agenda focused on terrorism and war may have added to voters' doubts about women's leadership, but popular support for electing a woman has rebounded since 2001–2003. An analysis of candidates' traits using American National Election Studies (ANES) surveys found that the "strong leader" cue actually became less rather than more important as a predictor of the presidential vote in 2004 than in 2000. The trait "candidate cares about you" w…
El auge de los estudios sobre la política subnacional latinoamericana
Introducción Las últimas décadas fueron prolíficas en análisis sobre política subnacional dentro de los estudios politológicos sobre América Latina. Esta tendencia a poner en primer plano la política local se encuentra principalmente ligada a los procesos de democratización de nuestros países y a los procesos de descentralización que experimentaron tanto los países unitarios como federales de la región (Fox 1994). Sin embargo, mientras que el boo…
The electoral performance of Latin American traditional parties, 1978–2006: Does the internal structure matter
This article explains variation in the electoral trajectories of Latin American traditional parties since transitions to democratic governments in the late 20th century until the first half of the 2000s, when democracies were already consolidated. This article addresses the question of why some parties suffer more than others under challenging contextual conditions, or why some parties are able to weather difficult external environments, e.g. eco…
Electoral Systems in Latin America: Explaining the Adoption of Proportional Representation Systems During the Twentieth Century
This article explains the twentieth-century Latin American shift from majoritarian to proportional representation (PR) electoral systems. It argues that PR was introduced when the electoral arena changed significantly and threatened the power of the dominant party. The adoption of PR was therefore an effort by the established party to retain partial power in the face of absolute defeat. Majoritarian systems remained in place when the incumbent pa…
From Party Systems to Party Organizations: The Adaptation of Latin American Parties to Changing Environments
The study of party systems and political parties is one of the largest subfields in political science. Classic studies in advanced democracies focused primarily on party systems and developed theories about the causes and consequences of different types of systems. In recent years, new academic work begun to differentiate parties within systems by understanding their organizational structure, their internal dynamics, the different ways in which t…
A Woman for U.S. President? Gender and Leadership Traits Before and After 9/11
A public agenda focused on terrorism and war may have added to voters' doubts about women's leadership, but popular support for electing a woman has rebounded since 2001–2003. An analysis of candidates' traits using American National Election Studies (ANES) surveys found that the "strong leader" cue actually became less rather than more important as a predictor of the presidential vote in 2004 than in 2000. The trait "candidate cares about you" w…
De Uribe a Santos: Cambios Y Continuidades De La Política Colombiana en 2011
tiene como objetivo reseñar algunos de los hechos, procesos y decisiones de carácter público que definieron la política nacional colombiana durante 2011.a lo largo del año, el gobierno de Juan manuel santos tomó decisiones que reflejaron cambios con respecto a las políticas de su antecesor, Álvaro
Elecciones presidenciales y legislativas en Colombia en 2022
Objective/context: This introductory article to the dossier on Legislative and Presidential Elections 2022 of Colombia Internacional seeks to describe important features of the 2022 electoral campaign, as well as present the configuration of the party system based on the results of both legislative and presidential elections. The goal is to provide a general context of national elections, complementing the specific contributions and findings of t…
Dilemas de la vitalidad del partido político Centro Democrático (CD), 2013-2020
Objective/context: The organizational vitality of political parties is understood as their capacity to attract activists, keep them allied to the organization, and united among themselves. More vital parties promote greater participation of their activists and increase their ability to resist changing circumstances and exo- genous shocks. Four conditions explain the reproduction of political party vitality: trauma, programmatic purpose, channels …
Electoral Competition at the Subnational Level. Emeralds and Politics in Colombia, 1997-2015
Objective/context: This article is part of a special edition of Colombia Internacional: “Transformaciones de los sistemas partidarios en América Latina” (Party system transformations in Latin America). It explains the transition from closed, non-competitive party systems to competitive party systems in Colombian emerald municipalities from the late 1990s until 2015. Methodology: We use a subnational approach within a unitary system to test a body…
A Woman for U.S. President? Gender and Leadership Traits Before and After 9/11
A public agenda focused on terrorism and war may have added to voters' doubts about women's leadership, but popular support for electing a woman has rebounded since 2001–2003. An analysis of candidates' traits using American National Election Studies (ANES) surveys found that the "strong leader" cue actually became less rather than more important as a predictor of the presidential vote in 2004 than in 2000. The trait "candidate cares about you" w…
From Party Systems to Party Organizations: The Adaptation of Latin American Parties to Changing Environments
The study of party systems and political parties is one of the largest subfields in political science. Classic studies in advanced democracies focused primarily on party systems and developed theories about the causes and consequences of different types of systems. In recent years, new academic work begun to differentiate parties within systems by understanding their organizational structure, their internal dynamics, the different ways in which t…
Electoral Systems in Latin America: Explaining the Adoption of Proportional Representation Systems During the Twentieth Century
This article explains the twentieth-century Latin American shift from majoritarian to proportional representation (PR) electoral systems. It argues that PR was introduced when the electoral arena changed significantly and threatened the power of the dominant party. The adoption of PR was therefore an effort by the established party to retain partial power in the face of absolute defeat. Majoritarian systems remained in place when the incumbent pa…
De Uribe a Santos: Cambios Y Continuidades De La Política Colombiana en 2011
tiene como objetivo reseñar algunos de los hechos, procesos y decisiones de carácter público que definieron la política nacional colombiana durante 2011.a lo largo del año, el gobierno de Juan manuel santos tomó decisiones que reflejaron cambios con respecto a las políticas de su antecesor, Álvaro
Carta a los lectores
Carta a los lectores
Los viajes olvidados de la democracia: Circulación y apropiación de la legislación electoral en Colombia, 1855–1886
Este artículo estudia la circulación y apropiación de la legislación electoral en Colombia entre 1855 y 1886. Ofrece algunas respuestas y una nueva perspectiva para el estudio de la propagación, recepción y lectura de la democracia en Colombia e Hispanoamérica en el siglo XIX. El trabajo abre con un estudio de la circulación de las constituciones y las leyes electorales, en un esfuerzo por examinar las distintas maneras en que los gobernantes, pe…
Colombia en 2015: Paz, elecciones regionales y relaciones entre las ramas del poder público
como objetivo reseñar hechos de coyuntura política, económica y social, así como de procesos políticos que se dieron en el interior y entre las tres ramas del poder público del país durante 2015.A lo largo del año, la rama ejecutiva, la legislativa, y la judicial concentraron esfuerzos para crear condiciones encaminadas a una salida negociada del conflicto armado que vive el país.Las elecciones regionales de octubre estuvieron permeadas por la id…
The electoral performance of Latin American traditional parties, 1978–2006: Does the internal structure matter
This article explains variation in the electoral trajectories of Latin American traditional parties since transitions to democratic governments in the late 20th century until the first half of the 2000s, when democracies were already consolidated. This article addresses the question of why some parties suffer more than others under challenging contextual conditions, or why some parties are able to weather difficult external environments, e.g. eco…
El auge de los estudios sobre la política subnacional latinoamericana
Introducción Las últimas décadas fueron prolíficas en análisis sobre política subnacional dentro de los estudios politológicos sobre América Latina. Esta tendencia a poner en primer plano la política local se encuentra principalmente ligada a los procesos de democratización de nuestros países y a los procesos de descentralización que experimentaron tanto los países unitarios como federales de la región (Fox 1994). Sin embargo, mientras que el boo…
Elections and Parties in Latin America: Ruptures and Continuities at the End of a Decade
The book 'Elecciones y partidos en América Latina en el cambio de ciclo', edited by Manuel Alcántara, Daniel Buquet and María Laura Tagina, and published in 2018 by the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas in Madrid, Spain, is composed of 20 chapters, including the introduction and conclusion. Most of the authors have received their PhDs from the University of Salamanca, and many of the chapters include sources of information produced in that i…
Electoral Competition at the Subnational Level. Emeralds and Politics in Colombia, 1997-2015
Objective/context: This article is part of a special edition of Colombia Internacional: “Transformaciones de los sistemas partidarios en América Latina” (Party system transformations in Latin America). It explains the transition from closed, non-competitive party systems to competitive party systems in Colombian emerald municipalities from the late 1990s until 2015. Methodology: We use a subnational approach within a unitary system to test a body…
Elecciones presidenciales y legislativas en Colombia en 2022
Objective/context: This introductory article to the dossier on Legislative and Presidential Elections 2022 of Colombia Internacional seeks to describe important features of the 2022 electoral campaign, as well as present the configuration of the party system based on the results of both legislative and presidential elections. The goal is to provide a general context of national elections, complementing the specific contributions and findings of t…
Dilemas de la vitalidad del partido político Centro Democrático (CD), 2013-2020
Objective/context: The organizational vitality of political parties is understood as their capacity to attract activists, keep them allied to the organization, and united among themselves. More vital parties promote greater participation of their activists and increase their ability to resist changing circumstances and exo- genous shocks. Four conditions explain the reproduction of political party vitality: trauma, programmatic purpose, channels …
When the Business Sector Enters Party Politics: Conservative Mobilisation and Strategic Use of Threats
Why do business actors sometimes move beyond indirect influence and engage directly in party politics? This article examines the conditions under which economic elites adopt what we term a “party solution”: direct involvement in conservative parties through candidacies, organisational roles, and access to government. Drawing on a comparative analysis of Argentina and Colombia, it argues that this strategy is more likely when a sustained perceptio…
Political science (14 works) · Politics and Society in Latin America (9 works) · Humanities (6 works) · Law (6 works) · History and Politics in Latin America (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Latin Americans (4 works) · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America (4 works)