Paula Muñoz
Biographic Data
| ID | 606201 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paula Muñoz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paula |
| FAMILY NAME | Muñoz |
| SIGNATURE | MUÑOZ P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Pacific |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7743-8663 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 104 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
When electoral reforms backfire: Reassessing reelection’s impact on corruption
Plastic pollution hotspots: Global waste trade and environmental risk in Latin America
Plastic pollution is a growing environmental challenge, and Latin America is one of several Global South regions that have seen a rise in plastic waste imports. For 18 countries in the region, we combine a quantitative analysis of plastic scrap trade data (UN Comtrade) with an assessment of waste management capacity. Following China’s 2018 ban on plastic waste imports, Latin America saw increases in all types of plastic waste, and in particular, …
Prosecutors, Voters and the Criminalization of Corruption in Latin America: The Case of Lava Jato
Lava Jato, a transnational bribery case that started in Brazil and spread throughout Latin America, upended elections and collapsed governments. Why did the investigation gain momentum in some countries but not others? The book traces reforms that enhanced prosecutors' capacity to combat white-collar crime and shows that Lava Jato became a full-blown anti-corruption crusade where reforms were coupled with the creation of aggressive taskforces. Fo…
How the exercise of the right to information (RTI) affects trust in political institutions
Bribing and Social Desirability in Peru: A Mixed Methods Approach
Objective/Context: What could lead some individuals to be more prone to lie about engaging in corruption? We contend that a psychological approach to the study of corruption can be employed to understand who lies about corrupt behavior and why. Since social desirability bias (SDB) is related to the appropriateness of behavior, conflicting social norms in a context where corruption is widespread— like in several Latin American countries—can result…
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…
Latin America Erupts: Peru Goes Populist
Peru's 2021 presidential election saw disaffected and discontented voters throwing their support behind antisystem outsider Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori. The 2021 election reflects the persistence of trends that have long characterized Peru's political system, most notably the extreme weakness of the country's political parties. To these trends were added a compound crisis comprising political, economic, and public-health dimensions that fur…
Politics after Violence: Legacies of the Shining Path Conflict in Peru
Perú: El fin del optimismo
This article compiles the main political events of the year 2015, which represents the last stretch of Ollanta Humala's government.In a context of economic slowdown that has been accompanied by social unrest, the weakened government had to face a series of cases, issues, and scandals that involved national state bodies and political figures in the upper echelons of power.Humala's government shows similarities to that of his predecessors García an…
Peru: A Close Win for Continuity
The April 2016 Peruvian election saw the triumph of former finance minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) in the close runoff against Keiko Fujimori, daughter of authoritarian president Alberto Fujimori (1990–2000). This election raises interesting questions for students of democracy that we aim to answer in this article: What explains the strength and endurance of fujimorismo sixteen years after the collapse of this competitive authoritarian regim…
Élites regionales en el Perú en un contexto de boom fiscal: Arequipa, Cusco, Piura y San Martín (2000-2013)
Aborda, de modo sumario, algunos aspectos conceptuales y teoricos que han sido considerados para la interpretacion de los resultados empiricos, centrandose en el estado de la discusion en el pais. Posteriormente, discute brevemente los aspectos mas resaltantes del contexto politico-institucional de la decada del 2000 y, enseguida, analiza la composicion y comportamiento de las elites politicas en los cuatro departamentos estudiados. Ademas, anali…
An Informational Theory of Campaign Clientelism: The Case of Peru
Perú 2011: Continuidades Y Cambios en La Política Sin Partidos
La elección de Ollanta Humala en mayo del 2011 hizo pensar que este año podrían darse cambios sustanciales en la política peruana.si bien en el 2011 el perú sí experimentó cambios políticos que dejan algunas preguntas
Democracy against Parties? Party System Deinstitutionalization in Colombia
This article argues that in Colombia, decentralization and electoral reforms adopted in the late 1980s and in the 1991 Constitution – designed to improve democratic quality – brought about a gradual deinstitutionalization of this country's traditional party system as an unintended consequence. Building upon resource-based theories of party configuration, we contend that in developing countries, where resources are usually crucial for party aggreg…
Sociedad civil y gobernabilidad democrática en los andes y el cono sur: Una visión panorámica al filo del siglo XXI
No presenta resumen
An Informational Theory of Campaign Clientelism: The Case of Peru
Democracy against Parties? Party System Deinstitutionalization in Colombia
This article argues that in Colombia, decentralization and electoral reforms adopted in the late 1980s and in the 1991 Constitution – designed to improve democratic quality – brought about a gradual deinstitutionalization of this country's traditional party system as an unintended consequence. Building upon resource-based theories of party configuration, we contend that in developing countries, where resources are usually crucial for party aggreg…
Peru: A Close Win for Continuity
The April 2016 Peruvian election saw the triumph of former finance minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) in the close runoff against Keiko Fujimori, daughter of authoritarian president Alberto Fujimori (1990–2000). This election raises interesting questions for students of democracy that we aim to answer in this article: What explains the strength and endurance of fujimorismo sixteen years after the collapse of this competitive authoritarian regim…
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…
Perú: El fin del optimismo
This article compiles the main political events of the year 2015, which represents the last stretch of Ollanta Humala's government.In a context of economic slowdown that has been accompanied by social unrest, the weakened government had to face a series of cases, issues, and scandals that involved national state bodies and political figures in the upper echelons of power.Humala's government shows similarities to that of his predecessors García an…
Latin America Erupts: Peru Goes Populist
Peru's 2021 presidential election saw disaffected and discontented voters throwing their support behind antisystem outsider Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori. The 2021 election reflects the persistence of trends that have long characterized Peru's political system, most notably the extreme weakness of the country's political parties. To these trends were added a compound crisis comprising political, economic, and public-health dimensions that fur…
Perú 2011: Continuidades Y Cambios en La Política Sin Partidos
La elección de Ollanta Humala en mayo del 2011 hizo pensar que este año podrían darse cambios sustanciales en la política peruana.si bien en el 2011 el perú sí experimentó cambios políticos que dejan algunas preguntas
How the exercise of the right to information (RTI) affects trust in political institutions
Élites regionales en el Perú en un contexto de boom fiscal: Arequipa, Cusco, Piura y San Martín (2000-2013)
Aborda, de modo sumario, algunos aspectos conceptuales y teoricos que han sido considerados para la interpretacion de los resultados empiricos, centrandose en el estado de la discusion en el pais. Posteriormente, discute brevemente los aspectos mas resaltantes del contexto politico-institucional de la decada del 2000 y, enseguida, analiza la composicion y comportamiento de las elites politicas en los cuatro departamentos estudiados. Ademas, anali…
Sociedad civil y gobernabilidad democrática en los andes y el cono sur: Una visión panorámica al filo del siglo XXI
No presenta resumen
Democracy against Parties? Party System Deinstitutionalization in Colombia
This article argues that in Colombia, decentralization and electoral reforms adopted in the late 1980s and in the 1991 Constitution – designed to improve democratic quality – brought about a gradual deinstitutionalization of this country's traditional party system as an unintended consequence. Building upon resource-based theories of party configuration, we contend that in developing countries, where resources are usually crucial for party aggreg…
Perú 2011: Continuidades Y Cambios en La Política Sin Partidos
La elección de Ollanta Humala en mayo del 2011 hizo pensar que este año podrían darse cambios sustanciales en la política peruana.si bien en el 2011 el perú sí experimentó cambios políticos que dejan algunas preguntas
An Informational Theory of Campaign Clientelism: The Case of Peru
Perú: El fin del optimismo
This article compiles the main political events of the year 2015, which represents the last stretch of Ollanta Humala's government.In a context of economic slowdown that has been accompanied by social unrest, the weakened government had to face a series of cases, issues, and scandals that involved national state bodies and political figures in the upper echelons of power.Humala's government shows similarities to that of his predecessors García an…
Peru: A Close Win for Continuity
The April 2016 Peruvian election saw the triumph of former finance minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) in the close runoff against Keiko Fujimori, daughter of authoritarian president Alberto Fujimori (1990–2000). This election raises interesting questions for students of democracy that we aim to answer in this article: What explains the strength and endurance of fujimorismo sixteen years after the collapse of this competitive authoritarian regim…
Élites regionales en el Perú en un contexto de boom fiscal: Arequipa, Cusco, Piura y San Martín (2000-2013)
Aborda, de modo sumario, algunos aspectos conceptuales y teoricos que han sido considerados para la interpretacion de los resultados empiricos, centrandose en el estado de la discusion en el pais. Posteriormente, discute brevemente los aspectos mas resaltantes del contexto politico-institucional de la decada del 2000 y, enseguida, analiza la composicion y comportamiento de las elites politicas en los cuatro departamentos estudiados. Ademas, anali…
Politics after Violence: Legacies of the Shining Path Conflict in Peru
Latin America Erupts: Peru Goes Populist
Peru's 2021 presidential election saw disaffected and discontented voters throwing their support behind antisystem outsider Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori. The 2021 election reflects the persistence of trends that have long characterized Peru's political system, most notably the extreme weakness of the country's political parties. To these trends were added a compound crisis comprising political, economic, and public-health dimensions that fur…
Bribing and Social Desirability in Peru: A Mixed Methods Approach
Objective/Context: What could lead some individuals to be more prone to lie about engaging in corruption? We contend that a psychological approach to the study of corruption can be employed to understand who lies about corrupt behavior and why. Since social desirability bias (SDB) is related to the appropriateness of behavior, conflicting social norms in a context where corruption is widespread— like in several Latin American countries—can result…
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…
Prosecutors, Voters and the Criminalization of Corruption in Latin America: The Case of Lava Jato
Lava Jato, a transnational bribery case that started in Brazil and spread throughout Latin America, upended elections and collapsed governments. Why did the investigation gain momentum in some countries but not others? The book traces reforms that enhanced prosecutors' capacity to combat white-collar crime and shows that Lava Jato became a full-blown anti-corruption crusade where reforms were coupled with the creation of aggressive taskforces. Fo…
How the exercise of the right to information (RTI) affects trust in political institutions
When electoral reforms backfire: Reassessing reelection’s impact on corruption
Plastic pollution hotspots: Global waste trade and environmental risk in Latin America
Plastic pollution is a growing environmental challenge, and Latin America is one of several Global South regions that have seen a rise in plastic waste imports. For 18 countries in the region, we combine a quantitative analysis of plastic scrap trade data (UN Comtrade) with an assessment of waste management capacity. Following China’s 2018 ban on plastic waste imports, Latin America saw increases in all types of plastic waste, and in particular, …
Political science (12 works) · Law (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · International Relations in Latin America (5 works) · Latin Americans (5 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Corruption and Economic Development (4 works)