Verónica Pérez Bentancur
Biographic Data
| ID | 279084 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Verónica Pérez Bentancur |
| GIVEN NAMES | Verónica Pérez |
| FAMILY NAME | Bentancur |
| SIGNATURE | BENTANCUR V P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de la República de Uruguay |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9855-3097 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Adoption and Implementation as a Two-Stage Process: Feminist Strategies and Conservative Resistance in the Quest for Legislative Abortion Reform
Women’s reproductive autonomy matters for gender equality, but abortion laws rarely pass without limitations and restrictions on access. Legislative abortion reform also triggers conservative resistance, forcing feminists to develop new strategies to protect rights. While scholars often study abortion laws’ adoption and implementation separately, we identify patterns in feminists’ decisions during adoption, on the one hand, and conservative actor…
Vínculos entre partidos y movimientos feministas en América Latina: El caso de la lucha por el aborto legal en Bolivia
Objective/context: In Latin America, access to abortion is one of the most significant expressions of gender or class inequalities. Because of its contentious nature, it is challenging to enact such policies. The literature suggests that passing pro-abortion legislation requires secular contexts and, in particular, strong feminist movements allied with left-wing parties in government. However, the mechanisms by which these factors interact have b…
Uruguay 2023: Security as a Persistent Challenge and the Decline of Non-Policy Politics as a Political Asset
This paper describes the main socio-political events that took place in Uruguay in 2023, Luis Lacalle Pou's fourth year as president (supported by a rightist coalition). During the 2019 electoral campaign, many of Lacalle Pou's promises were not based on a programmatic shift but on better management (non-policy politics), particularly of economic and security policies. While macroeconomic indicators show moderate performance, security indicators …
Iteration in Mixed-Methods Research Designs Combining Experiments and Fieldwork
Experimental designs in the social sciences have received increasing attention due to their power to produce causal inferences. Nevertheless, experimental research faces limitations, including limited external validity and unrealistic treatments. We propose combining qualitative fieldwork and experimental design iteratively-moving back-and-forth between elements of a research design-to overcome these limitations. To properly evaluate the strength…
Dilemmas of substitution: Why the urban poor support punitive policing in a Latin American city
In the Global South, the urban poor are heavily policed and bear the brunt of police violence. Evidence suggests that the urban poor also support punitive policing. Why do those individuals most affected by police violence also appear to support increased police presence in their neighborhoods? Combining extensive fieldwork with a public opinion survey in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, this paper develops a theory that the urban poor support…
Agents of Representation: The Organic Connection between Society and Leftist Parties in Bolivia and Uruguay
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…
The Postreform Stage: Understanding Backlash against Sexual Policies in Latin America
In Latin America, it is difficult to win approval for policies that allow induced abortion and same-sex marriage. Social movements face more obstacles in promoting these policies than in promoting other gender and LGBTQ policies because abortion and same-sex marriage are particularly contentious issues. These policies involve doctrinal or countercultural topics, and supporters of these legislative changes must confront groups that mobilize to blo…
How Party Activism Survives: Uruguay's Frente Amplio
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: Evidence From the Broad Front in Uruguay
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, …
Agents of Representation: The Organic Connection between Society and Leftist Parties in Bolivia and Uruguay
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…
The Postreform Stage: Understanding Backlash against Sexual Policies in Latin America
In Latin America, it is difficult to win approval for policies that allow induced abortion and same-sex marriage. Social movements face more obstacles in promoting these policies than in promoting other gender and LGBTQ policies because abortion and same-sex marriage are particularly contentious issues. These policies involve doctrinal or countercultural topics, and supporters of these legislative changes must confront groups that mobilize to blo…
Efficacy and the Reproduction of Political Activism: Evidence From the Broad Front in Uruguay
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, …
Dilemmas of substitution: Why the urban poor support punitive policing in a Latin American city
In the Global South, the urban poor are heavily policed and bear the brunt of police violence. Evidence suggests that the urban poor also support punitive policing. Why do those individuals most affected by police violence also appear to support increased police presence in their neighborhoods? Combining extensive fieldwork with a public opinion survey in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, this paper develops a theory that the urban poor support…
Iteration in Mixed-Methods Research Designs Combining Experiments and Fieldwork
Experimental designs in the social sciences have received increasing attention due to their power to produce causal inferences. Nevertheless, experimental research faces limitations, including limited external validity and unrealistic treatments. We propose combining qualitative fieldwork and experimental design iteratively-moving back-and-forth between elements of a research design-to overcome these limitations. To properly evaluate the strength…
How Party Activism Survives: Uruguay's Frente Amplio
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: Evidence From the Broad Front in Uruguay
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, …
The Postreform Stage: Understanding Backlash against Sexual Policies in Latin America
In Latin America, it is difficult to win approval for policies that allow induced abortion and same-sex marriage. Social movements face more obstacles in promoting these policies than in promoting other gender and LGBTQ policies because abortion and same-sex marriage are particularly contentious issues. These policies involve doctrinal or countercultural topics, and supporters of these legislative changes must confront groups that mobilize to blo…
Dilemmas of substitution: Why the urban poor support punitive policing in a Latin American city
In the Global South, the urban poor are heavily policed and bear the brunt of police violence. Evidence suggests that the urban poor also support punitive policing. Why do those individuals most affected by police violence also appear to support increased police presence in their neighborhoods? Combining extensive fieldwork with a public opinion survey in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, this paper develops a theory that the urban poor support…
Agents of Representation: The Organic Connection between Society and Leftist Parties in Bolivia and Uruguay
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…
Uruguay 2023: Security as a Persistent Challenge and the Decline of Non-Policy Politics as a Political Asset
This paper describes the main socio-political events that took place in Uruguay in 2023, Luis Lacalle Pou's fourth year as president (supported by a rightist coalition). During the 2019 electoral campaign, many of Lacalle Pou's promises were not based on a programmatic shift but on better management (non-policy politics), particularly of economic and security policies. While macroeconomic indicators show moderate performance, security indicators …
Iteration in Mixed-Methods Research Designs Combining Experiments and Fieldwork
Experimental designs in the social sciences have received increasing attention due to their power to produce causal inferences. Nevertheless, experimental research faces limitations, including limited external validity and unrealistic treatments. We propose combining qualitative fieldwork and experimental design iteratively-moving back-and-forth between elements of a research design-to overcome these limitations. To properly evaluate the strength…
Adoption and Implementation as a Two-Stage Process: Feminist Strategies and Conservative Resistance in the Quest for Legislative Abortion Reform
Women’s reproductive autonomy matters for gender equality, but abortion laws rarely pass without limitations and restrictions on access. Legislative abortion reform also triggers conservative resistance, forcing feminists to develop new strategies to protect rights. While scholars often study abortion laws’ adoption and implementation separately, we identify patterns in feminists’ decisions during adoption, on the one hand, and conservative actor…
Vínculos entre partidos y movimientos feministas en América Latina: El caso de la lucha por el aborto legal en Bolivia
Objective/context: In Latin America, access to abortion is one of the most significant expressions of gender or class inequalities. Because of its contentious nature, it is challenging to enact such policies. The literature suggests that passing pro-abortion legislation requires secular contexts and, in particular, strong feminist movements allied with left-wing parties in government. However, the mechanisms by which these factors interact have b…
Political science (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Politics and Society in Latin America (4 works) · Democracy (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (2 works)