Alejandro Olivares
Biographic Data
| ID | 4379467 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alejandro Olivares |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alejandro |
| FAMILY NAME | Olivares |
| SIGNATURE | OLIVARES A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chile |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6934-2437 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Determinants of non-partisan ministerial appointments in presidential systems
Why do presidents appoint non-partisan ministers? Despite growing interest in technocratic appointments, little is known about the conditions that lead presidents to include non-party figures in their cabinets. This paper draws on an original dataset of 181 inaugural governments across 19 American presidential regimes from 1980 to 2025. It examines how institutional, ideological, and coalition-based factors shape the proportion of independent min…
The Missing Link
Digital platforms are transforming how governments deliver public services; however, many citizens still depend on third parties to access them. This article identifies and classifies these “digital intermediaries” drawing from a national survey in Chile—a country with high digitalization but deep digital inequality. We find two major types of intermediaries: “close” actors (family and peers) and “hierarchical” actors (politicians, bureaucrats, a…
Determinants of the cabinet size in presidential systems
The composition of cabinets under presidential regimes has constituted one of the top topics of the litterature in political science in recent years. However, nothing has been said about the proper size of those cabinets. That is, why some cabinets are 37 ministers large when other is formed by just 13 members? We carry on a theory of cabinet size under presidential regimes, using insights from both parliamentarist and presidentialist literature.…
Chile 2021
En 2021, Chile fue testigo de la continuación de varios procesos políticos y sociales de años anteriores, entre ellos la lucha contra el COVID-19 y el cambio constitucional. En este artículo, analizamos dos aspectos clave del último "año hábil" del segundo gobierno de Sebastián Piñera: el intenso calendario electoral y la acusación constitucional en contra del presidente durante el segundo semestre de 2021. Por un lado, los resultados de diferent…
La persistente debilidad institucionaL de Ecuador
This ankle analyzes the main political events of 2019 in Ecuador. By examining the style of government, economic conditions, relations between the executive and the legislature, it is argued that the institutional framework is extremely dependent on the president's leadership style and the economic context, particularly on oil prices. Contrary to what was expected, the validity for more than ten years of the constitution has not strengthened inst…
Cambios de gabinete y supervivencia de los ministros en Chile durante los gobiernos de la Concertación (1990-2010)
This article analyzes cabinet turnover and factors that had an influence on the survival of 180 ministers in Chile between 1990 and 2010. With survival analysis, specifically, proportional hazards models and Cox regressions with shared-frailty, the individual characteristics of ministers, such as survival/risk predictors and the influence of institutional factors and critical events, are evaluated. It reveals that there were different individual …
Los think tanks en el gabinete
This paper analyses the main factors that allow access to Michelle Bachelet’s cabinet (2006-2010) and to Sebastián Piñera’s cabinet (2010-2014) in Chile, with focus on the influence of participation in think tanks to access the cabinet. We work with a database of 102 cases corresponding to 90 people who were appointed ministers in the mentioned period. We present a description of the group, and a Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). The result…
Los gabinetes de la Concertación en Chile (1990-2010)
Este artículo analiza los perfiles ministeriales y la relación entre experticia y tipo de ministerio en las cuatro administraciones de la Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia en Chile entre 1990 y 2010. El objetivo es avanzar en el conocimiento empírico de estos temas, a través de la vinculación de la literatura como tecnocracia y élites ministeriales. El argumento del trabajo es que existe una relación entre tipo de ministerio (político, s…
Cambios de gabinete y supervivencia de los ministros en Chile durante los gobiernos de la Concertación (1990-2010)
This article analyzes cabinet turnover and factors that had an influence on the survival of 180 ministers in Chile between 1990 and 2010. With survival analysis, specifically, proportional hazards models and Cox regressions with shared-frailty, the individual characteristics of ministers, such as survival/risk predictors and the influence of institutional factors and critical events, are evaluated. It reveals that there were different individual …
Los gabinetes de la Concertación en Chile (1990-2010)
Este artículo analiza los perfiles ministeriales y la relación entre experticia y tipo de ministerio en las cuatro administraciones de la Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia en Chile entre 1990 y 2010. El objetivo es avanzar en el conocimiento empírico de estos temas, a través de la vinculación de la literatura como tecnocracia y élites ministeriales. El argumento del trabajo es que existe una relación entre tipo de ministerio (político, s…
La persistente debilidad institucionaL de Ecuador
This ankle analyzes the main political events of 2019 in Ecuador. By examining the style of government, economic conditions, relations between the executive and the legislature, it is argued that the institutional framework is extremely dependent on the president's leadership style and the economic context, particularly on oil prices. Contrary to what was expected, the validity for more than ten years of the constitution has not strengthened inst…
Chile 2021
En 2021, Chile fue testigo de la continuación de varios procesos políticos y sociales de años anteriores, entre ellos la lucha contra el COVID-19 y el cambio constitucional. En este artículo, analizamos dos aspectos clave del último "año hábil" del segundo gobierno de Sebastián Piñera: el intenso calendario electoral y la acusación constitucional en contra del presidente durante el segundo semestre de 2021. Por un lado, los resultados de diferent…
Determinants of the cabinet size in presidential systems
The composition of cabinets under presidential regimes has constituted one of the top topics of the litterature in political science in recent years. However, nothing has been said about the proper size of those cabinets. That is, why some cabinets are 37 ministers large when other is formed by just 13 members? We carry on a theory of cabinet size under presidential regimes, using insights from both parliamentarist and presidentialist literature.…
Los gabinetes de la Concertación en Chile (1990-2010)
Este artículo analiza los perfiles ministeriales y la relación entre experticia y tipo de ministerio en las cuatro administraciones de la Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia en Chile entre 1990 y 2010. El objetivo es avanzar en el conocimiento empírico de estos temas, a través de la vinculación de la literatura como tecnocracia y élites ministeriales. El argumento del trabajo es que existe una relación entre tipo de ministerio (político, s…
Los think tanks en el gabinete
This paper analyses the main factors that allow access to Michelle Bachelet’s cabinet (2006-2010) and to Sebastián Piñera’s cabinet (2010-2014) in Chile, with focus on the influence of participation in think tanks to access the cabinet. We work with a database of 102 cases corresponding to 90 people who were appointed ministers in the mentioned period. We present a description of the group, and a Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). The result…
Cambios de gabinete y supervivencia de los ministros en Chile durante los gobiernos de la Concertación (1990-2010)
This article analyzes cabinet turnover and factors that had an influence on the survival of 180 ministers in Chile between 1990 and 2010. With survival analysis, specifically, proportional hazards models and Cox regressions with shared-frailty, the individual characteristics of ministers, such as survival/risk predictors and the influence of institutional factors and critical events, are evaluated. It reveals that there were different individual …
La persistente debilidad institucionaL de Ecuador
This ankle analyzes the main political events of 2019 in Ecuador. By examining the style of government, economic conditions, relations between the executive and the legislature, it is argued that the institutional framework is extremely dependent on the president's leadership style and the economic context, particularly on oil prices. Contrary to what was expected, the validity for more than ten years of the constitution has not strengthened inst…
Chile 2021
En 2021, Chile fue testigo de la continuación de varios procesos políticos y sociales de años anteriores, entre ellos la lucha contra el COVID-19 y el cambio constitucional. En este artículo, analizamos dos aspectos clave del último "año hábil" del segundo gobierno de Sebastián Piñera: el intenso calendario electoral y la acusación constitucional en contra del presidente durante el segundo semestre de 2021. Por un lado, los resultados de diferent…
Determinants of the cabinet size in presidential systems
The composition of cabinets under presidential regimes has constituted one of the top topics of the litterature in political science in recent years. However, nothing has been said about the proper size of those cabinets. That is, why some cabinets are 37 ministers large when other is formed by just 13 members? We carry on a theory of cabinet size under presidential regimes, using insights from both parliamentarist and presidentialist literature.…
Determinants of non-partisan ministerial appointments in presidential systems
Why do presidents appoint non-partisan ministers? Despite growing interest in technocratic appointments, little is known about the conditions that lead presidents to include non-party figures in their cabinets. This paper draws on an original dataset of 181 inaugural governments across 19 American presidential regimes from 1980 to 2025. It examines how institutional, ideological, and coalition-based factors shape the proportion of independent min…
The Missing Link
Digital platforms are transforming how governments deliver public services; however, many citizens still depend on third parties to access them. This article identifies and classifies these “digital intermediaries” drawing from a national survey in Chile—a country with high digitalization but deep digital inequality. We find two major types of intermediaries: “close” actors (family and peers) and “hierarchical” actors (politicians, bureaucrats, a…
Political science (6 works) · Humanities (3 works) · International Relations in Latin America (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Politics and Society in Latin America (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Cabinet (room (2 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (2 works) · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (2 works)