Rosario Espinal
Biographic Data
| ID | 253736 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rosario Espinal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rosario |
| FAMILY NAME | Espinal |
| SIGNATURE | ESPINAL R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Temple University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 158 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
The Paradox of Paternalism: Women and the Politics of Authoritarianism in the Dominican Republic, by Elizabeth S. Manley
Trust in government institutions: The effects of performance and participation in the Dominican Republic and Haiti
This article analyzes theories of institutional trust in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, two developing countries that have shared some historical legacies but currently manifest divergent economic and political trajectories. The evidence confirms that conventional theories emphasizing participation and government performance help us understand institutional trust in both countries. In addition, the analysis emphasizes the analytical leverage g…
Gender Gaps in Civic and Political Participation in Latin America
This article examines whether there is gender segmentation in civic participation in Latin America, and whether such segmentation is related to gender differences in political participation. Confirming the findings of other studies, this analysis indicates that there is gender segmentation in civic associational activities, and that men are more involved than women in political activities, except for voting. Among those involved in civic activiti…
Sociedad civil y poder político en República Dominicana
República Dominicana registra un alto nivel de asociacionismo social y activismo político en el contexto latinoamericano. Esto, sin embargo, no se ha traducido en mayor capacidad de la sociedad civil dominicana para reformar el sistema político y mejorar la democracia. Con este planteamiento de fondo, se exploran dos preguntas. La primera es si existe una tendencia a la coparticipación en las organizaciones sociales y políticas que reduce la capa…
Dominican Party System Continuity amid Regional Transformations: Economic Policy, Clientelism, and Migration Flows
In the 1980s and 1990s, economic crisis produced ideological convergence in many Latin American party systems. Much scholarship explores how this convergence frequently provoked system change that enabled renewed ideological differentiation, but little research examines instances where convergence persisted without destabilizing the system. Through comparative historical analysis of Dominican continuity amid regional change, this study identifies…
The presidential election in the Dominican Republic, May 2008
Gender Politics in the Dominican Republic: Advances for Women, Ambivalence from Men
A considerable body of research has analyzed the influence of the women's movement, changes in women's political representation, and policies promoting women's interests in the developing world. However, we know comparatively less about the degree to which the attitudes and behaviors of the mass public mirror these national patterns. This article explores the evolution of gender differences in citizens' political interest, civic engagement, and s…
Dominican-Americans and the Politics of Empowerment - by A. Aparicio
Performance Still Matters: Explaining Trust in Government in the Dominican Republic
What explains low levels of trust in government institutions in democratizing Latin American countries? The authors examine this question in the Dominican Republic, employing data from three surveys conducted over 1994 to 2001. Their analysis finds that trust in government institutions is shaped primarily by perceptions of economic and political performance by government. There is little evidence of a relationship between civic engagement and ins…
Diferenças de gênero na República Dominicana, 1994-2004: Dois Passos À Frente, Um Passo Para Trás
A lenta mudança da natureza da diferença de gênero responde tanto a mudanças sociais, como urbanização, educação, o ingresso das mulheres na força de trabalho e a democratização, quanto a esforços combinados por movimentos sociais e líderes políticos para a ampliação dos direitos da mulher. Esses fatores claramente tiveram impacto na República Dominicana na última década, influenciando as diferenças de gênero no país. Avaliamos a natureza e a evo…
The Dominican Republic and the United States: From Imperialism to Transnationalism
Scholarship on the Dominican Republic has grown considerably in the last decade. This book by G. Pope Atkins and Larman Wilson is a welcome addition. Both authors have an extensive record of research and publications on the Dominican Republic and joined efforts in this project to produce an excellent historical study of U.S.–Dominican relations. Their task was to chronicle the evolution of these relations and analyze the major characteristics tha…
Market Success or Female Autonomy: Income, Ideology, and Empowerment among Microentrepreneurs in the Dominican Republic
This article examines the impact of gender on the relative economic success of microentrepreneurs, their contributions to family income, and the impact of gender ideology and income on household decision making. The concept of economic success is problematized by examining how these businesses, even those of limited assets and income generation, offer women increased autonomy in household budgetary matters and decision making. The analysis draws …
Democracy in Developing Countries: Latin America, 2nd ed.
Extensively revised since the first edition was published in 1989, this analytically balanced and empirically rich volume thoroughly examines the historical, cultural, social, economic, political, and international factors that affect both the prospects for and the nature of political democracy in Latin America. The book reflects improvements in democratic trends in some countries, but also the erosion of democratic advances in others, with subst…
Building the Third Sector: Latin America's Private Research Centers and Nonprofit Development
Winner of the 1997 ARNOVA Award for Distinguished Book in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research The private third sector has largely displaced public universities and bureaucracies as Latin America's leaders in social science and related policy activities. In many nations, these private research centers have become the main workplace for intellectuals. Mostly think tanks, they are influential political institutions, often making strong contribu…
State and Society in the Dominican Republic
Gender, Households and Informal Entrepreneurship in the Dominican Republic
This paper presents findings from a study on gender and the informal economy, specifically, male and female microentrepreneurs in the Dominican Republic. A representative survey of 201 men and women as well as in-depth interviews with a sub-sample of the same producers are employed to analyze the impact of these family businesses on household relations and the relation of this sector to the broader economy and consumer markets. There are many ass…
Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Economic Restructuring, Social Protest, and Democratization in the Dominican Republic
Throughout the 1980s the Dominican Republic experienced simultaneously what in conventional social science of various ideological orientations would be viewed as highly contradictory trends: (1) a severe economic crisis coupled with international pressures on the government to promote market-oriented reforms, (2) an increase in protest movements in response to the negative impact of a declining economy and unfavorable economic restructuring, and …
Democratic Culture and Governance: Latin America on the Threshold of the Third Millennium
Democratic Culture and Governance: Latin America on the Threshold of the Third MillenniumSocial Democracy in Latin America: Prospects for Change
Democratic Culture and Governance is a collection of essays by prominent Latin American social scientists who were brought together by UNESCO to discuss issues of democracy at a conference held in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1990. The organization of this conference in Latin America was a recognition of the significance of the region for the debate about the theory and practice of democratization and democratic governance. The contributors include Ma…
Colonial Dilemmas: Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Puerto Rico
Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Democracia sin compromiso en la República Dominicana y Ecuador
Se enfoca a las estructuras socioeconómicas y el legado político que produjo un régimen "democrático autoritario", en República Dominicana y Ecuador. Analiza el tipo de democracia que emergió de este proceso de transición. Actualmente los nuevos regímenes en estos países son "propensos a crisis". Su comportamiento tiende a prácticas no democráticas que van desde golpes de estado hasta un ejecutivo autoritario
Development, Neoliberalism and Electoral Politics in Latin America
The purpose of this article is to discuss the impact of the current economic crisis on development strategies in Latin America, and the ways in which redefinitions of the notion of development have transformed Latin American politics during the period of democratization. The article examines, specifically, the rise of the neoliberal movement in Latin America and its impact on policy-making, parties and electoral politics. It argues that in spite …
Movimiento obrero y lucha socialista en la República Dominicana: Desde Los Orígenes Hasta 1960
Performance Still Matters: Explaining Trust in Government in the Dominican Republic
What explains low levels of trust in government institutions in democratizing Latin American countries? The authors examine this question in the Dominican Republic, employing data from three surveys conducted over 1994 to 2001. Their analysis finds that trust in government institutions is shaped primarily by perceptions of economic and political performance by government. There is little evidence of a relationship between civic engagement and ins…
Trust in government institutions: The effects of performance and participation in the Dominican Republic and Haiti
This article analyzes theories of institutional trust in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, two developing countries that have shared some historical legacies but currently manifest divergent economic and political trajectories. The evidence confirms that conventional theories emphasizing participation and government performance help us understand institutional trust in both countries. In addition, the analysis emphasizes the analytical leverage g…
Market Success or Female Autonomy: Income, Ideology, and Empowerment among Microentrepreneurs in the Dominican Republic
This article examines the impact of gender on the relative economic success of microentrepreneurs, their contributions to family income, and the impact of gender ideology and income on household decision making. The concept of economic success is problematized by examining how these businesses, even those of limited assets and income generation, offer women increased autonomy in household budgetary matters and decision making. The analysis draws …
Gender Gaps in Civic and Political Participation in Latin America
This article examines whether there is gender segmentation in civic participation in Latin America, and whether such segmentation is related to gender differences in political participation. Confirming the findings of other studies, this analysis indicates that there is gender segmentation in civic associational activities, and that men are more involved than women in political activities, except for voting. Among those involved in civic activiti…
Gender Politics in the Dominican Republic: Advances for Women, Ambivalence from Men
A considerable body of research has analyzed the influence of the women's movement, changes in women's political representation, and policies promoting women's interests in the developing world. However, we know comparatively less about the degree to which the attitudes and behaviors of the mass public mirror these national patterns. This article explores the evolution of gender differences in citizens' political interest, civic engagement, and s…
Dominican Party System Continuity amid Regional Transformations: Economic Policy, Clientelism, and Migration Flows
In the 1980s and 1990s, economic crisis produced ideological convergence in many Latin American party systems. Much scholarship explores how this convergence frequently provoked system change that enabled renewed ideological differentiation, but little research examines instances where convergence persisted without destabilizing the system. Through comparative historical analysis of Dominican continuity amid regional change, this study identifies…
Gender, Households and Informal Entrepreneurship in the Dominican Republic
This paper presents findings from a study on gender and the informal economy, specifically, male and female microentrepreneurs in the Dominican Republic. A representative survey of 201 men and women as well as in-depth interviews with a sub-sample of the same producers are employed to analyze the impact of these family businesses on household relations and the relation of this sector to the broader economy and consumer markets. There are many ass…
Unlikely Transitions to Uncertain Regimes? Democracy without Compromise in the Dominican Republic and Ecuador
Charting the historical paths to democracy has been a long-standing concern of political sociology.1With the demise of authoritarian rule in Latin America over the last decade, a classic question of the genre has resurfaced: are there certain developmental sequences that are more likely to produce successful transitions to democracy? If there is any conclusion to be drawn from recent experiences, the answer is no. Highly heterogeneous circumstanc…
The presidential election in the Dominican Republic, May 2008
Development, Neoliberalism and Electoral Politics in Latin America
The purpose of this article is to discuss the impact of the current economic crisis on development strategies in Latin America, and the ways in which redefinitions of the notion of development have transformed Latin American politics during the period of democratization. The article examines, specifically, the rise of the neoliberal movement in Latin America and its impact on policy-making, parties and electoral politics. It argues that in spite …
Economic Restructuring, Social Protest, and Democratization in the Dominican Republic
Throughout the 1980s the Dominican Republic experienced simultaneously what in conventional social science of various ideological orientations would be viewed as highly contradictory trends: (1) a severe economic crisis coupled with international pressures on the government to promote market-oriented reforms, (2) an increase in protest movements in response to the negative impact of a declining economy and unfavorable economic restructuring, and …
Sociedad civil y poder político en República Dominicana
República Dominicana registra un alto nivel de asociacionismo social y activismo político en el contexto latinoamericano. Esto, sin embargo, no se ha traducido en mayor capacidad de la sociedad civil dominicana para reformar el sistema político y mejorar la democracia. Con este planteamiento de fondo, se exploran dos preguntas. La primera es si existe una tendencia a la coparticipación en las organizaciones sociales y políticas que reduce la capa…
The 1990 elections in the Dominican Republic
Crises in the Caribbean Basin
Power and Popular Protest: Latin American Social Movements
Unlikely Transitions to Uncertain Regimes? Democracy without Compromise in the Dominican Republic and Ecuador
Charting the historical paths to democracy has been a long-standing concern of political sociology.1With the demise of authoritarian rule in Latin America over the last decade, a classic question of the genre has resurfaced: are there certain developmental sequences that are more likely to produce successful transitions to democracy? If there is any conclusion to be drawn from recent experiences, the answer is no. Highly heterogeneous circumstanc…
The Defeat of the Dominican Revolutionary Party in the 1986 Elections: Causes and Implications
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Latin America witnessed a democratic turnover. Democratically elected civilian governments were installed in several countries including the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil.1 In each case the transition took a different form depending on the nature of the previous authoritarian regime and the correlation of forces at the time of transition, yet regardless of the specifi…
The 1990 elections in the Dominican Republic
Development, Neoliberalism and Electoral Politics in Latin America
The purpose of this article is to discuss the impact of the current economic crisis on development strategies in Latin America, and the ways in which redefinitions of the notion of development have transformed Latin American politics during the period of democratization. The article examines, specifically, the rise of the neoliberal movement in Latin America and its impact on policy-making, parties and electoral politics. It argues that in spite …
Movimiento obrero y lucha socialista en la República Dominicana: Desde Los Orígenes Hasta 1960
Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Democracia sin compromiso en la República Dominicana y Ecuador
Se enfoca a las estructuras socioeconómicas y el legado político que produjo un régimen "democrático autoritario", en República Dominicana y Ecuador. Analiza el tipo de democracia que emergió de este proceso de transición. Actualmente los nuevos regímenes en estos países son "propensos a crisis". Su comportamiento tiende a prácticas no democráticas que van desde golpes de estado hasta un ejecutivo autoritario
Colonial Dilemmas: Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Puerto Rico
Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Economic Restructuring, Social Protest, and Democratization in the Dominican Republic
Throughout the 1980s the Dominican Republic experienced simultaneously what in conventional social science of various ideological orientations would be viewed as highly contradictory trends: (1) a severe economic crisis coupled with international pressures on the government to promote market-oriented reforms, (2) an increase in protest movements in response to the negative impact of a declining economy and unfavorable economic restructuring, and …
Democratic Culture and Governance: Latin America on the Threshold of the Third Millennium
Democratic Culture and Governance: Latin America on the Threshold of the Third MillenniumSocial Democracy in Latin America: Prospects for Change
Democratic Culture and Governance is a collection of essays by prominent Latin American social scientists who were brought together by UNESCO to discuss issues of democracy at a conference held in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1990. The organization of this conference in Latin America was a recognition of the significance of the region for the debate about the theory and practice of democratization and democratic governance. The contributors include Ma…
State and Society in the Dominican Republic
Gender, Households and Informal Entrepreneurship in the Dominican Republic
This paper presents findings from a study on gender and the informal economy, specifically, male and female microentrepreneurs in the Dominican Republic. A representative survey of 201 men and women as well as in-depth interviews with a sub-sample of the same producers are employed to analyze the impact of these family businesses on household relations and the relation of this sector to the broader economy and consumer markets. There are many ass…
Building the Third Sector: Latin America's Private Research Centers and Nonprofit Development
Winner of the 1997 ARNOVA Award for Distinguished Book in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research The private third sector has largely displaced public universities and bureaucracies as Latin America's leaders in social science and related policy activities. In many nations, these private research centers have become the main workplace for intellectuals. Mostly think tanks, they are influential political institutions, often making strong contribu…
Democracy in Developing Countries: Latin America, 2nd ed.
Extensively revised since the first edition was published in 1989, this analytically balanced and empirically rich volume thoroughly examines the historical, cultural, social, economic, political, and international factors that affect both the prospects for and the nature of political democracy in Latin America. The book reflects improvements in democratic trends in some countries, but also the erosion of democratic advances in others, with subst…
Market Success or Female Autonomy: Income, Ideology, and Empowerment among Microentrepreneurs in the Dominican Republic
This article examines the impact of gender on the relative economic success of microentrepreneurs, their contributions to family income, and the impact of gender ideology and income on household decision making. The concept of economic success is problematized by examining how these businesses, even those of limited assets and income generation, offer women increased autonomy in household budgetary matters and decision making. The analysis draws …
The Dominican Republic and the United States: From Imperialism to Transnationalism
Scholarship on the Dominican Republic has grown considerably in the last decade. This book by G. Pope Atkins and Larman Wilson is a welcome addition. Both authors have an extensive record of research and publications on the Dominican Republic and joined efforts in this project to produce an excellent historical study of U.S.–Dominican relations. Their task was to chronicle the evolution of these relations and analyze the major characteristics tha…
Performance Still Matters: Explaining Trust in Government in the Dominican Republic
What explains low levels of trust in government institutions in democratizing Latin American countries? The authors examine this question in the Dominican Republic, employing data from three surveys conducted over 1994 to 2001. Their analysis finds that trust in government institutions is shaped primarily by perceptions of economic and political performance by government. There is little evidence of a relationship between civic engagement and ins…
Diferenças de gênero na República Dominicana, 1994-2004: Dois Passos À Frente, Um Passo Para Trás
A lenta mudança da natureza da diferença de gênero responde tanto a mudanças sociais, como urbanização, educação, o ingresso das mulheres na força de trabalho e a democratização, quanto a esforços combinados por movimentos sociais e líderes políticos para a ampliação dos direitos da mulher. Esses fatores claramente tiveram impacto na República Dominicana na última década, influenciando as diferenças de gênero no país. Avaliamos a natureza e a evo…
Dominican-Americans and the Politics of Empowerment - by A. Aparicio
Gender Politics in the Dominican Republic: Advances for Women, Ambivalence from Men
A considerable body of research has analyzed the influence of the women's movement, changes in women's political representation, and policies promoting women's interests in the developing world. However, we know comparatively less about the degree to which the attitudes and behaviors of the mass public mirror these national patterns. This article explores the evolution of gender differences in citizens' political interest, civic engagement, and s…
The presidential election in the Dominican Republic, May 2008
Political science (29 works) · Politics (18 works) · Economics (17 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Law (16 works) · Latin Americans (14 works) · Development economics (12 works) · Democracy (9 works) · Political economy (9 works) · Geography (7 works)