This article seeks to explore the political preferences of indigenous peoples in Chile. Specifically, it attempts to challenge conventional wisdom, which holds that the Mapuche are largely right-wing oriented, and that they also bear a low adherence level to their own ethnicity. In light of the r...
Toro Maureira, Sergio
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Jaramillo Brun, Nathalie
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[Indigenous Voting in Chile: Ideological Preference and Ethnic Support in the Mapuche Electorate]
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Indigenous Voting in Chile: Ideological Preference and Ethnic Support in the Mapuche Electorate
How does ethnic status affect social stratification in Chile? Despite a rich theoretical debate in the literature on social stratification, there is a shortage of empirical approaches to this phenomenon in Latin America. This research note seeks to bridge the analytical gap by describing the soci...
Valenzuela, Macarena S.
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Toro Maureira, Sergio
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Rojo Mendoza, Félix
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[Equal in Poverty, Unequal in Wealth: Ethnic Stratification in Chile, the Mapuche Case]
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Equal in Poverty, Unequal in Wealth: Ethnic Stratification in Chile, the Mapuche Case
This article analyzes the effects of majoritarian formulas on the effective number of candidates in the elections for president (absolute majority) and mayor (relative majority) in Chile. Although, in theory, greater fragmentation with the absolute majority system with run-off voting would be exp...
Toro Maureira, Sergio
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Morales Quiroga, Mauricio
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Pineiro Rodriguez, Rafael
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[The Effect of Electoral Laws on the Partisan Fragmentation in Chile, 1999-2008: Strategic Vote, Barriers to Entry and Information]
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The Effect of Electoral Laws on the Partisan Fragmentation in Chile, 1999-2008: Strategic Vote, Barriers to Entry and Information
In Latin America, institutions are either fragile or excessively strong. These are the main conclusions that can be inferred by looking at the institutionalist literature that focuses in the region. Although there are numerous studies about the effects of both traits, there are few analyses about...
Rosenblatt, Fernando
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Toro Maureira, Sergio
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[The Architecture of Cooperation: A Theoretical Proposal about Institutional Resilience]
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The Architecture of Cooperation: A Theoretical Proposal about Institutional Resilience
Alejandro Olivares, L.
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Gonzalez Bustamante, Bastian
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Toro Maureira, Sergio
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Arellano González, Juan
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Yanes Rojas, Anabel
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Zurita Tapia, Jose
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Lopes, Amanda Vitoria
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Robelo Guzman, Claudio
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Canavesi Sosa, Juan Bautista
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[NEW CHALLENGES, APPROACHES AND PERSPECTIVES TO STUDY POLITICAL ELITES]
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NEW CHALLENGES, APPROACHES AND PERSPECTIVES TO STUDY POLITICAL ELITES