Costa Rican Electoral Trends, 1953-1966
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3219903 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John D Martz (University of North Carolina, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1967 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 888 |
| Publication date | 1967-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Western Political Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-4078 • E-ISSN: 2325-8675 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/446690 |
| OpenAlex | W4238736557 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
about the shoulders of Jos' Joaquin Trejos Fernandez. Exchanging abrazos with his predecessor, whose own party had strongly opposed Trejos' candidacy, the new president joined a long line of democratically elected Costa Rican chief executives. Trejos' assumption of power underlined anew the fact that no Costa Rican administration since 1944 has been able to succeed itself in office. Without exception both the anti-government candidate and party has won. This is but one of many points of interest for the student of Latin American parties and elections. It is particularly significant that the February elections constituted that country's fourth consecutive regularized and legitimate national vote in the postwar period. Since the early 1950's, moreover, basic political forces, organizations, and to some degree even personalities have remained largely constant.1 Costa Rica therefore provides a virtually unequaled opportunity to examine electoral returns over a period of years in search of significant patterns of continuity and change.2 The presence of a single modern party and several largely personalistic rival organizations also lends interest to this case
Ethnology · Geography · Political science · Puerto rican · Cuban History and Society · Environmental Science · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Politics and Society in Latin America
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 2021 (46) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |