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Changes in Latin American attitudes
In: Foreign affairs, Volume 11, p. 161-172
ISSN: 0015-7120
Our Latin American trade
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, p. 146-185
ISSN: 0002-7162
The rise (and frequent fall) of evangelical politicians: organization, theology, and church politics
In: Latin American politics and society, Volume 55, Issue 4, p. 1-22
ISSN: 1531-426X
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Patterns of Costa Rican politics
In: The Allyn and Bacon Series in Latin American politics
Gender and Family Ties in Latin American Legislatures
In: Politics & gender, Volume 18, Issue 1, p. 158-182
ISSN: 1743-9248
AbstractAre women disproportionately more likely than men to have family ties in politics? We study this question in Latin America, where legacies have been historically common, and we focus specifically on legislatures, where women's representation has increased dramatically in many countries. We hypothesize that, counter to conventional wisdom, women should be no more likely than men to have ties to political families. However, this may vary across legislatures with and without gender quotas. Our empirical analysis uses data from the Parliamentary Elites of Latin America survey. We find more gender similarities than differences in legislators' patterns of family ties both today and over the past 20 years. We also find that women are more likely to have family ties than men in legislatures without gender quotas, whereas this difference disappears in legislatures with quotas.
Roosevelt's Latin-American policy
In: American political science review, Volume 29, p. 805-820
ISSN: 0003-0554
Welfare Regimes in Latin America: Capturing Constellations of Markets, Families, and Policies
In: Latin American politics and society, Volume 50, Issue 2, p. 67-100
ISSN: 1548-2456
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This article presents both a theoretical framework and a methodology that attempt to capture the complex interactions among labor markets, families, and public policy that currently constitute Latin American welfare regimes. Drawing on cluster analysis based on available data for 18 countries, the study identifies three welfare regimes. Two are state welfare regimes: protectionist (e.g. Costa Rica) and productivist (e.g. Chile); one is nonstate familiarist (e.g. Ecuador and Nicaragua). In a region where people's well-being is deeply embedded in family relationships, closer scholarly attention to how social structures interact with public policy bears not only academic interest but also policy implications, particularly for adapting particular welfare regimes to the local welfare mix.
LATIN AMERICAN LONGUES DUREES
In: Latin American research review: LARR ; the journal of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Volume 39, Issue 1, p. 223-237
ISSN: 0023-8791
Latin American Applied Philosophy
In: Latin American research review: LARR ; the journal of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Volume 27, Issue 2, p. 237
ISSN: 0023-8791
Latin American Studies in India
In: Latin American research review: LARR ; the journal of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Volume 18, Issue 3, p. 179
ISSN: 0023-8791
The Latin American Church
In: Latin American research review: LARR ; the journal of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Volume 15, Issue 2, p. 201-211
ISSN: 0023-8791
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Latin American Studies in Japan
In: Latin American research review: LARR ; the journal of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Volume 8, Issue 1, p. 147
ISSN: 0023-8791
Latin American Studies in France
In: Latin American research review: LARR ; the journal of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Volume 3, Issue 4, p. 45
ISSN: 0023-8791