Yanina Welp
Biographic Data
| ID | 767487 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yanina Welp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yanina |
| FAMILY NAME | Welp |
| SIGNATURE | WELP Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7334-1936 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Participatory Myths, Consultations and Innovative Evaluations: Assessing Chile’s Second National Human Rights Action Plan
Participation is often praised for strengthening democracy. In human rights policymaking, it is expected to enhance legitimacy and inclusion. However, recent scholarship questions whether more consultation necessarily improves outcomes, as emblematic constitution-making processes have fallen short of their intended goals. Does this also apply to understudied forms of participation, such as consultations on human rights? This article analyses publ…
Why Populism Wins? Collective Political Agency and the Limits of Deliberative Mini-Publics
Deliberative mini-publics (DMPs) are widely promoted as institutional solutions to the crisis of representation. Yet, despite their proliferation across local, national, and supranational arenas, they have failed to counter the political appeal of populism, which more effectively mobilises citizens and gains power. This paper argues that accounts of DMPs misdiagnose the crisis by framing it primarily as a procedural deficit, neglecting a deeper d…
More” or “Better” Institutionalization? Lessons From Latin American Institutions of Citizen Participation
The longstanding debate around the trade-offs of formalizing institutions of citizen participation (ICPs) within legal frameworks is currently facing a revival with the spread of citizens’ assemblies. Among arguments in favour of “more” institutionalization, the expectation that it will protect ICPs from eventual political changes stands out. Among arguments against institutionalization, the fear of crystallizing certain “recipes” translates conc…
Do Mini-Publics Answer Environmental Demands by Youth? Promises and Perceptions of ‘Voice’ in Four European Cities
This study examines how climate citizens’ assemblies (CCAs) influence youth engagement, both in practice and in shaping perceptions of political “voice”, drawing on Albert O. Hirschman’s “Exit, Voice, and Loyalty” framework. Through qualitative analysis of 71 interviews, participatory workshops, and observational data across four cities—Barcelona, Bologna, Geneva, and Paris—it explores whether CCAs address youth climate activists’ demands, enable…
Referendos contra la desigualdad política: Por Qué No Funcionan
La desigualdad es una de las principales causas de la creciente desafección con la democracia. Una de sus dimensiones fundamentales refiere a la capacidad de la ciudadanía para intervenir en la toma de decisiones públicas ―(des)igualdad política―, capacidad que a su vez condiciona en alguna medida la de mitigar otras formas de desigualdad (económica, o la que se basa en diferencias étnicas o de género, entre otras). En este escenario, se plantea …
Ensayo Crítico: Democratizing the State. Social Accountability and Social Control Regimes in Mexico and Brazil
Gustavo Petro versus Rodolfo Hernández. ¿Dos populismos encontrados? Barrenechea et al. (2023). Universidad del Rosario
Three Fallacies Undermining Participatory Constitution Making
In recent years, many emerging actors (e.g., new social movements and parties) associate democratic problems with representative institutions. Accordingly, as a solution, they propose to introduce direct citizen participation in constitution and law making. However, three fallacies undermine the potential benefits of citizen participation: (1) attributing a moral and/or epistemic superiority to “the people”; (2) assuming that superiority, expecti…
Politólogas, Las Revistas Académicas Y Sus ‘Gatekeepers’
Los estudios recientes dedicados a la ciencia política latinoamericana han tenido por principal objeto de investigación la institucionalización de la disciplina. Se ha avanzado mucho en el conocimiento de este tema, pero sin apenas incluir la perspectiva de género. Para incluirla, este artículo (1) estima la presencia de profesoras de ciencia política en 107 departamentos de 16 países de la región y (2) en los equipos y (3) consejos editoriales d…
Trends in Mini-Publics Research: High Expectations, Mixed Findings, and Clear-Cut Challenges
Mini-publics have been spreading, particularly in Western countries, with the aim of resolving some deficits of current democracies. An abundant literature focuses on the study of their theoretical expectations and empirical manifestations as well as on the main controversies faced by this deliberative institution. In this article, I review the academic conversation along the three core principles of mini-publics: the conditions and criteria for …
Are Latin American populists more likely to introduce direct democracy
n Contains fulltext :\n 309214.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)\n
De Gruyter Handbook of Citizens’ Assemblies
Citizens’ Assemblies (CAs) are flourishing around the world. Quite often composed of randomly selected citizens, CAs, arguably, come as a possible answer to contemporary democratic challenges. Democracies worldwide are indeed confronted with a series of disruptive phenomena such as a widespread perception of distrust and growing polarization as well as low performance. Many actors seek to reinvigorate democracy with citizen participation and deli…
De Gruyter Handbook of Citizens' Assemblies
Researching the Gap: Women in Latin American Political Science
This paper maps the gender balance in the discipline of political science in Latin America by examining data from 16 countries where we could find the number of female professors in political science departments (over 100 departments) as well as from 69 journals publishing political science research in Latin America and from 16 Latin Americanist journals in Canada, the United States, and Europe. We compare the proportion of female political scien…
Querer no siempre es poder: Liderazgos Populistas, Referendos Y Reelecciones
En este artículo se analiza a seis presidentes calificados como populistas que intentaron extender sus periodos de mandato y promovieron o enfrentaron referendos cuyos resultados difieren en alcanzar o no el voto y el objetivo de introducir la reelección. Se propone que, más que el carácter populista del presidente, los resultados se explican por el grado de institucionalización del sistema de partidos, el funcionamiento del estado de derecho, la…
Digital participation in Chilean "Citizenry dialogues" (2015)
This paper analyses the constitutional consultation developed in Chile, propelled during Michelle Bachelet's government ("Citizenry Dialogues") between 2015-2018. There was a considerable interest from citizens and public opinion in this process which involved direct offline meetings and online participation throughout digital platforms. Its success was based in the application of a participative methodology that channelled the demand for constit…
The Politics of Recall Elections
Understanding the use of recall referendums: Evidence from Ecuador
The recall referendum – a referendum triggered by citizens seeking to remove elected officials by means of a binding vote – used to be a rare institution, but since the 1990s has spread in different areas of the world. The frequency of its activation has been explained by three sets of sometimes interconnected variables: growing citizen dissatisfaction, institutional design (i.e. ease of activation), and the activity of political parties using th…
Sobre demos, cracias y gogias. Reflexiones sobre las democracias
El problema se ha nombrado de muchas maneras: incapacidad de proveer polticas acertadas, corrupcin, desencanto o abstencin electoral, entre otros indicadores de la crisis de legitimidad que atraviesan al sistema. En la bsqueda de soluciones, se discute la viabilidad de mecanismos alternativos o complementarios a los representativos: Es el referendo un buen instrumento para incluir a la ciudadana en la toma de decisiones? Pueden los procesos delib…
Playing by the rules of the game: Partisan use of recall referendums in Colombia
As a bottom-up mechanism of direct democracy, recall can be triggered by citizens to remove elected officials through a vote, which is expected to increase accountability. Contradicting this hope, previous research has suggested that intensive use of recall referendums became an instrument of party competition. However, empirical evidence is scant. Thus, focusing on the 107 attempts of activating recall in Colombia during the first half of 2017 t…
Nuevos medios, vieja política en las elecciones ecuatorianas de 2014
Contribuyen los medios digitales a cerrar la brecha política entre la ciudadanía y los políticos? Este artículo sugiere que la brecha puede disminuir si los políticos son capaces de establecer una "narrativa" basada en la producción de contenidos (discurso político) y en la promoción de diálogo digital (interacción). Para corroborar este argumento, se analizan los usos de Twitter de ocho líderes políticos ecuatorianos durante la campaña para las …
Democracia directa, poder y contrapoder. Análisis del referendo del 21 de febrero de 2016 en Bolivia
El referendo ha dividido aguas entre quienes lo defienden como un instrumento de empoderamiento de la ciudadanía y quienes lo rechazan como un arma para la concentración del poder en manos de los líderes. Frente a esta disyuntiva, sostenemos que cuando existen garantías democráticas para su ejercicio, el referendo es un potente mecanismo de contrapoder. Los referendos obligatorios y los iniciados por la ciudadanía son los más adecuados para cumpl…
Intermediation and representation in Latin America: Actors and roles beyond elections edited by Gisela Zaremberg, Valeria Guarneros-Meza and Adrian Gurza Lavalle
Intermediation and representation in Latin America: actors and roles beyond elections edited by Gisela Zaremberg, Valeria Guarneros-Meza and Adrian Gurza Lavalle." Democratization, 25(5), pp. 949–950
Presencia de partidos políticos y diputados en Internet en Argentina, Paraguay y Uruguay
Según Latinobarómetro, los partidos políticos son las instituciones en las que menos confían los latinoamericanos. Esto no es particular de América Latina, sino una tendencia en las democracias occidentales. En este contexto, en Europa y Estados Unidos, entre otros, los medios digitales han pasado a ser un instrumento para superar la crisis de la representación, por su potencial para renovar la política, y porque permiten una mayor transparencia …
Recall referendums in Peruvian municipalities: A Political Weapon for Bad Losers or an Instrument of Accountability
Between 1997 and 2013, more than 5000 recall referendums were activated against democratically elected authorities from 747 Peruvian municipalities (45.5% of all municipalities). This makes Peru the world's most intensive user of this mechanism of direct democracy which is designed to remove elected authorities from office before the end of their term. What are the reasons for this extensive use of recall referendums in Peru and, more importantly…
Recall referendums in Peruvian municipalities: A Political Weapon for Bad Losers or an Instrument of Accountability
Between 1997 and 2013, more than 5000 recall referendums were activated against democratically elected authorities from 747 Peruvian municipalities (45.5% of all municipalities). This makes Peru the world's most intensive user of this mechanism of direct democracy which is designed to remove elected authorities from office before the end of their term. What are the reasons for this extensive use of recall referendums in Peru and, more importantly…
Playing by the rules of the game: Partisan use of recall referendums in Colombia
As a bottom-up mechanism of direct democracy, recall can be triggered by citizens to remove elected officials through a vote, which is expected to increase accountability. Contradicting this hope, previous research has suggested that intensive use of recall referendums became an instrument of party competition. However, empirical evidence is scant. Thus, focusing on the 107 attempts of activating recall in Colombia during the first half of 2017 t…
How Sustainable is Democratic Innovation? Tracking Neighborhood Councils in Montevideo
Focusing on the relatively longstanding experience of neighborhood councils in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo (1993–), this research note seeks to analyze how sustainable democratic innovation is and to explain subsequent results. Sustainability is assessed through the evolution of citizens’ participation in elections and through the number of candidates who apply to become neighborhood councilors. For both indicators, a consistent decline i…
Are Latin American populists more likely to introduce direct democracy
n Contains fulltext :\n 309214.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)\n
Diseños institucionales y (des)equilibrios de poder: Las instituciones de participación ciudadana en disputa11Las autoras agradecen la colaboración de la licenciada Micaela Moreira para la edición de …
The present article presents a typology if institutions of citizen’s participation (ICP) -deliberative, semi-representative and direct which provides a platform to analyze the achievements and limitations of a selection of ICP in the capitals of six countries in South America Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Lima, Montevideo and Quito-. It aims to observe whether their specific characteristics in terms of autonomy in activating, incidence on deci…
Democracia directa, poder y contrapoder. Análisis del referendo del 21 de febrero de 2016 en Bolivia
El referendo ha dividido aguas entre quienes lo defienden como un instrumento de empoderamiento de la ciudadanía y quienes lo rechazan como un arma para la concentración del poder en manos de los líderes. Frente a esta disyuntiva, sostenemos que cuando existen garantías democráticas para su ejercicio, el referendo es un potente mecanismo de contrapoder. Los referendos obligatorios y los iniciados por la ciudadanía son los más adecuados para cumpl…
Three Fallacies Undermining Participatory Constitution Making
In recent years, many emerging actors (e.g., new social movements and parties) associate democratic problems with representative institutions. Accordingly, as a solution, they propose to introduce direct citizen participation in constitution and law making. However, three fallacies undermine the potential benefits of citizen participation: (1) attributing a moral and/or epistemic superiority to “the people”; (2) assuming that superiority, expecti…
Researching the Gap: Women in Latin American Political Science
This paper maps the gender balance in the discipline of political science in Latin America by examining data from 16 countries where we could find the number of female professors in political science departments (over 100 departments) as well as from 69 journals publishing political science research in Latin America and from 16 Latin Americanist journals in Canada, the United States, and Europe. We compare the proportion of female political scien…
Transformación democrática o control político?. Análisis comparado de la participación ciudadana institucional en América del Sur
Desde fines de los aos ochenta, los gobiernos locales latinoamericanos vienen experimentando una verdadera transformacin poltica. Parte de esta transformacin es impulsada por la implementacin de polticas e instituciones de participacin ciudadana. A travs del anlisis comparado de cuatro casos -Buenos Aires, Bogot, Caracas y Montevideo-este artculo explora la medida en que variables del contexto poltico, tales como la demanda ciudadana de participa…
Which Internet Policy? Assessing Regional Initiatives in Spain
We examine the effect of public policy on the growth of Internet use. Using a decentralized country—Spain—as an example, we compare the 17 Spanish regions to test different Internet policy designs, taking into account the quality and number of specific programs promoted by regional governments, as well as the presence or absence of strategic planning in each region. We treat the percentage of Internet users as a dependent variable to compare its …
Querer no siempre es poder: Liderazgos Populistas, Referendos Y Reelecciones
En este artículo se analiza a seis presidentes calificados como populistas que intentaron extender sus periodos de mandato y promovieron o enfrentaron referendos cuyos resultados difieren en alcanzar o no el voto y el objetivo de introducir la reelección. Se propone que, más que el carácter populista del presidente, los resultados se explican por el grado de institucionalización del sistema de partidos, el funcionamiento del estado de derecho, la…
Understanding the use of recall referendums: Evidence from Ecuador
The recall referendum – a referendum triggered by citizens seeking to remove elected officials by means of a binding vote – used to be a rare institution, but since the 1990s has spread in different areas of the world. The frequency of its activation has been explained by three sets of sometimes interconnected variables: growing citizen dissatisfaction, institutional design (i.e. ease of activation), and the activity of political parties using th…
Presencia de partidos políticos y diputados en Internet en Argentina, Paraguay y Uruguay
Según Latinobarómetro, los partidos políticos son las instituciones en las que menos confían los latinoamericanos. Esto no es particular de América Latina, sino una tendencia en las democracias occidentales. En este contexto, en Europa y Estados Unidos, entre otros, los medios digitales han pasado a ser un instrumento para superar la crisis de la representación, por su potencial para renovar la política, y porque permiten una mayor transparencia …
La participación ciudadana en la encrucijada. Los mecanismos de democracia directa en Ecuador, Perú y Argentina
Mediante el estudio comparado de Argentina, Ecuador y Per, el artculo analiza en qu medida las consultas populares, la iniciativa ciudadana y la revocatoria de mandato podran contribuir a, por un lado, fortalecer la "democracia delegativa", esto es, el protagonismo del Poder Ejecutivo basado en el apoyo popular y contra los otros poderes del estado o, por otro lado, incrementar la calidad de la democracia introduciendo mecanismos de control y de …
Orígenes y contradicciones de la participación ciudadana instituconal Análisis de las experiencias de Buenos Aires, Montevideo,Barcelona y Zúrich
Desde la década de los ochenta, el municipio se ha convertido en el principal promotor de la “democracia participativa” despertando gran interés en el ámbito académico. Sin embargo, pese a la literatura existente, permanecen abiertas algunas preguntas sobre las condiciones que permiten su origen y moldean su alcance: ¿en qué medida la democracia participativa permite a la ciudadanía la toma de decisiones? ¿Bajo qué condiciones las nuevas instituc…
Nuevas tecnologías, viejos problemas. El modelo español de difusión de Internet
Este artículo se propone estudiar las variables que explican el nivel de difusión de Internet en España desde una doble perspectiva: "patrones de acceso" (igualitario o desigual) y "patrones de expansión" (masiva o restringida). Controlando la variable desarrollo económico, consideramos que el tipo de interrelación entre intervención pública y privada explica el carácter igualitario o desigual, masivo o restringido, de esta difusión
Which Internet Policy? Assessing Regional Initiatives in Spain
We examine the effect of public policy on the growth of Internet use. Using a decentralized country—Spain—as an example, we compare the 17 Spanish regions to test different Internet policy designs, taking into account the quality and number of specific programs promoted by regional governments, as well as the presence or absence of strategic planning in each region. We treat the percentage of Internet users as a dependent variable to compare its …
Online and Offline Participation at the Local Level: A quantitative analysis of the Catalan municipalities
This article presents an analysis on local participatory experiences in Catalonia, both online and in-person. The analysis is based on a database set up by the authors. The article carries out an explanatory analysis of local participatory initiatives (on- and offline) taking into account political variables (not usually considered in this kind of analysis) and also classical socio-economic variables that characterize municipalities. Hence, we ad…
Orígenes y contradicciones de la participación ciudadana instituconal Análisis de las experiencias de Buenos Aires, Montevideo,Barcelona y Zúrich
Desde la década de los ochenta, el municipio se ha convertido en el principal promotor de la “democracia participativa” despertando gran interés en el ámbito académico. Sin embargo, pese a la literatura existente, permanecen abiertas algunas preguntas sobre las condiciones que permiten su origen y moldean su alcance: ¿en qué medida la democracia participativa permite a la ciudadanía la toma de decisiones? ¿Bajo qué condiciones las nuevas instituc…
La participación ciudadana en la encrucijada. Los mecanismos de democracia directa en Ecuador, Perú y Argentina
Mediante el estudio comparado de Argentina, Ecuador y Per, el artculo analiza en qu medida las consultas populares, la iniciativa ciudadana y la revocatoria de mandato podran contribuir a, por un lado, fortalecer la "democracia delegativa", esto es, el protagonismo del Poder Ejecutivo basado en el apoyo popular y contra los otros poderes del estado o, por otro lado, incrementar la calidad de la democracia introduciendo mecanismos de control y de …
Transformación democrática o control político?. Análisis comparado de la participación ciudadana institucional en América del Sur
Desde fines de los aos ochenta, los gobiernos locales latinoamericanos vienen experimentando una verdadera transformacin poltica. Parte de esta transformacin es impulsada por la implementacin de polticas e instituciones de participacin ciudadana. A travs del anlisis comparado de cuatro casos -Buenos Aires, Bogot, Caracas y Montevideo-este artculo explora la medida en que variables del contexto poltico, tales como la demanda ciudadana de participa…
"Corriendo de atrás". Análisis de los concejos vecinales de Montevideo
analiza a) el diseo institucional de dichos concejos, b) su incidencia sobre la definicin de polticas pblicas, c) su funcionamiento en tanto "escuelas de ciudadana" y d) los niveles de adhesin ciudadana que convocan. Las conclusiones del estudio sealan que el diseo limita considerablemente los resultados de los concejos vecinales tanto en trminos de la influencia que tienen en la toma de decisiones como para el desarrollo de virtudes cvicas y cap…
Diseños institucionales y (des)equilibrios de poder: Las instituciones de participación ciudadana en disputa11Las autoras agradecen la colaboración de la licenciada Micaela Moreira para la edición de …
The present article presents a typology if institutions of citizen’s participation (ICP) -deliberative, semi-representative and direct which provides a platform to analyze the achievements and limitations of a selection of ICP in the capitals of six countries in South America Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Lima, Montevideo and Quito-. It aims to observe whether their specific characteristics in terms of autonomy in activating, incidence on deci…
How Sustainable is Democratic Innovation? Tracking Neighborhood Councils in Montevideo
Focusing on the relatively longstanding experience of neighborhood councils in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo (1993–), this research note seeks to analyze how sustainable democratic innovation is and to explain subsequent results. Sustainability is assessed through the evolution of citizens’ participation in elections and through the number of candidates who apply to become neighborhood councilors. For both indicators, a consistent decline i…
Presencia de partidos políticos y diputados en Internet en Argentina, Paraguay y Uruguay
Según Latinobarómetro, los partidos políticos son las instituciones en las que menos confían los latinoamericanos. Esto no es particular de América Latina, sino una tendencia en las democracias occidentales. En este contexto, en Europa y Estados Unidos, entre otros, los medios digitales han pasado a ser un instrumento para superar la crisis de la representación, por su potencial para renovar la política, y porque permiten una mayor transparencia …
Recall referendums in Peruvian municipalities: A Political Weapon for Bad Losers or an Instrument of Accountability
Between 1997 and 2013, more than 5000 recall referendums were activated against democratically elected authorities from 747 Peruvian municipalities (45.5% of all municipalities). This makes Peru the world's most intensive user of this mechanism of direct democracy which is designed to remove elected authorities from office before the end of their term. What are the reasons for this extensive use of recall referendums in Peru and, more importantly…
Democracia directa, poder y contrapoder. Análisis del referendo del 21 de febrero de 2016 en Bolivia
El referendo ha dividido aguas entre quienes lo defienden como un instrumento de empoderamiento de la ciudadanía y quienes lo rechazan como un arma para la concentración del poder en manos de los líderes. Frente a esta disyuntiva, sostenemos que cuando existen garantías democráticas para su ejercicio, el referendo es un potente mecanismo de contrapoder. Los referendos obligatorios y los iniciados por la ciudadanía son los más adecuados para cumpl…
Intermediation and representation in Latin America: Actors and roles beyond elections edited by Gisela Zaremberg, Valeria Guarneros-Meza and Adrian Gurza Lavalle
Intermediation and representation in Latin America: actors and roles beyond elections edited by Gisela Zaremberg, Valeria Guarneros-Meza and Adrian Gurza Lavalle." Democratization, 25(5), pp. 949–950
Playing by the rules of the game: Partisan use of recall referendums in Colombia
As a bottom-up mechanism of direct democracy, recall can be triggered by citizens to remove elected officials through a vote, which is expected to increase accountability. Contradicting this hope, previous research has suggested that intensive use of recall referendums became an instrument of party competition. However, empirical evidence is scant. Thus, focusing on the 107 attempts of activating recall in Colombia during the first half of 2017 t…
Nuevos medios, vieja política en las elecciones ecuatorianas de 2014
Contribuyen los medios digitales a cerrar la brecha política entre la ciudadanía y los políticos? Este artículo sugiere que la brecha puede disminuir si los políticos son capaces de establecer una "narrativa" basada en la producción de contenidos (discurso político) y en la promoción de diálogo digital (interacción). Para corroborar este argumento, se analizan los usos de Twitter de ocho líderes políticos ecuatorianos durante la campaña para las …
Sobre demos, cracias y gogias. Reflexiones sobre las democracias
El problema se ha nombrado de muchas maneras: incapacidad de proveer polticas acertadas, corrupcin, desencanto o abstencin electoral, entre otros indicadores de la crisis de legitimidad que atraviesan al sistema. En la bsqueda de soluciones, se discute la viabilidad de mecanismos alternativos o complementarios a los representativos: Es el referendo un buen instrumento para incluir a la ciudadana en la toma de decisiones? Pueden los procesos delib…
The Politics of Recall Elections
Understanding the use of recall referendums: Evidence from Ecuador
The recall referendum – a referendum triggered by citizens seeking to remove elected officials by means of a binding vote – used to be a rare institution, but since the 1990s has spread in different areas of the world. The frequency of its activation has been explained by three sets of sometimes interconnected variables: growing citizen dissatisfaction, institutional design (i.e. ease of activation), and the activity of political parties using th…
Digital participation in Chilean "Citizenry dialogues" (2015)
This paper analyses the constitutional consultation developed in Chile, propelled during Michelle Bachelet's government ("Citizenry Dialogues") between 2015-2018. There was a considerable interest from citizens and public opinion in this process which involved direct offline meetings and online participation throughout digital platforms. Its success was based in the application of a participative methodology that channelled the demand for constit…
De Gruyter Handbook of Citizens’ Assemblies
Citizens’ Assemblies (CAs) are flourishing around the world. Quite often composed of randomly selected citizens, CAs, arguably, come as a possible answer to contemporary democratic challenges. Democracies worldwide are indeed confronted with a series of disruptive phenomena such as a widespread perception of distrust and growing polarization as well as low performance. Many actors seek to reinvigorate democracy with citizen participation and deli…
De Gruyter Handbook of Citizens' Assemblies
Researching the Gap: Women in Latin American Political Science
This paper maps the gender balance in the discipline of political science in Latin America by examining data from 16 countries where we could find the number of female professors in political science departments (over 100 departments) as well as from 69 journals publishing political science research in Latin America and from 16 Latin Americanist journals in Canada, the United States, and Europe. We compare the proportion of female political scien…
Querer no siempre es poder: Liderazgos Populistas, Referendos Y Reelecciones
En este artículo se analiza a seis presidentes calificados como populistas que intentaron extender sus periodos de mandato y promovieron o enfrentaron referendos cuyos resultados difieren en alcanzar o no el voto y el objetivo de introducir la reelección. Se propone que, más que el carácter populista del presidente, los resultados se explican por el grado de institucionalización del sistema de partidos, el funcionamiento del estado de derecho, la…
Gustavo Petro versus Rodolfo Hernández. ¿Dos populismos encontrados? Barrenechea et al. (2023). Universidad del Rosario
Three Fallacies Undermining Participatory Constitution Making
In recent years, many emerging actors (e.g., new social movements and parties) associate democratic problems with representative institutions. Accordingly, as a solution, they propose to introduce direct citizen participation in constitution and law making. However, three fallacies undermine the potential benefits of citizen participation: (1) attributing a moral and/or epistemic superiority to “the people”; (2) assuming that superiority, expecti…
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