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Fronteras electorales: Lecciones de la redistritacion en Mexico para California
In: Política y gobierno, Volume 19, Issue 2
ISSN: 1665-2037
Almost two hundred years after the term gerrymandering was first used in Massachusetts, redistricting remains a complex and politicized process that affects the way the legislative branches are conformed and the quality of political representation around the world. In this paper, we describe the redistricting process in California and ask how it would work if it were to be implemented by an independent agent (instead of the local legislature or a bipartisan commission). Using a simulated annealing redistricting algorithm we create a hypothetical scenario that reduces significantly partisan bias in the state. Developed by the Mexican Federal Electoral Institute in 2005, this optimization model allowed us to recreate California's 53 Congressional districts and to analyze their racial and electoral composition. We found systematic evidence that the majority party in local legislature ends up with electoral benefits every time districts are drawn. Adapted from the source document.
Bullets and Votes: Violence and Electoral Participation in Mexico
In: Journal of politics in Latin America: JPLA, Volume 4, Issue 2, p. 89-123
ISSN: 1866-802X
In this paper we analyze the effect of criminal violence on electoral participation in Mexico. Many scholars have studied the origins of criminal violence, as well as the success or failure of contemporary regimes in dealing with it. However, few have studied how it affects voter turnout. Following recent findings in the behavioral subfield, we hypothesize that as criminal violence increases, citizens abandon public channels of participation and take refuge in their private spheres. Using longitudinal and geostatistical tools to analyze Mexican municipalities in the last decade, we find that the level of electoral turnout is lower in the most violent regions of the country. In the final section, we use survey data to confirm that citizens exposed to high levels of criminal violence are less likely to vote. Adapted from the source document.
Bullets and votes: violence and electoral participation in Mexico
In: Journal of politics in Latin America, Volume 4, Issue 2, p. 89-123
ISSN: 1868-4890
In this paper we analyze the effect of criminal violence on electoral participation in Mexico. Many scholars have studied the origins of criminal violence, as well as the success or failure of contemporary regimes in dealing with it. However, few have studied how it affects voter turnout. Following recent findings in the behavioral subfield, we hypothesize that as criminal violence increases, citizens abandon public channels of participation and take refuge in their private spheres. Using longitudinal and geostatistical tools to analyze Mexican municipalities in the last decade, we find that the level of electoral turnout is lower in the most violent regions of the country. In the final section, we use survey data to confirm that citizens exposed to high levels of criminal violence are less likely to vote. (GIGA)
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The Organizational Consequences of Politics: A Research Agenda for the Study of Bureaucratic Politics in Latin America
In: Latin American politics and society, Volume 58, Issue 4, p. 56-79
ISSN: 1531-426X
The Organizational Consequences of Politics: A Research Agenda for the Study of Bureaucratic Politics in Latin America
In: Latin American politics and society, Volume 58, Issue 4, p. 56-79
ISSN: 1548-2456
AbstractThe study of the bureaucracy in Latin America, within the study of politics, has long been little more than an afterthought. It is assumed to lie in the realm of public administration, distinct from other regional subfields that have increasingly gained the attention of political scientists. As a result, scholars' understanding of Latin American bureaucratic politics is limited. Here, we conduct a comprehensive survey of peer-reviewed articles to evaluate the state of this subfield. We find a thematically, analytically, and methodologically splintered discipline, but a prime one for exploitation and new avenues of research. This article summarizes salient trends in the literature, describes advances in the study of bureaucracy in Latin America, and discusses limitations in this scholarship. It suggests a roadmap for scholars by proposing a series of research questions and recommends a series of analytical and methodological approaches to address those questions.
How party nationalization conditions economic voting
In: Electoral Studies, Volume 47, p. 136-145
How party nationalization conditions economic voting
In: Electoral studies: an international journal
ISSN: 0261-3794
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Components of partisan bias originating from single-member districts in multi-party systems: An application to Mexico
In: Political geography: an interdisciplinary journal for all students of political studies with an interest in the geographical and spatial aspects, Volume 57, p. 1-12
ISSN: 0962-6298
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