The Legitamacy Puzzle in Latin America: Political Support and Democracy in Eight Nations
In: Democratization, Band 17, Heft 3, S. 587-591
ISSN: 1351-0347
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In: Democratization, Band 17, Heft 3, S. 587-591
ISSN: 1351-0347
In: Governance: an international journal of policy and administration and institutions, Band 23, Heft 1, S. 190-192
ISSN: 0952-1895
In: International affairs, Band 86, Heft 3, S. 647-663
ISSN: 1468-2346
In: International affairs, Band 86, Heft 5, S. 1254-1255
ISSN: 0020-5850
In: International migration review: IMR, Band 44, Heft 1, S. 3-24
ISSN: 1747-7379, 0197-9183
Among the challenges faced by Latin America at the onset of the 21st century is the increase in crime and violence that began in the mid-1980s, and which, to one degree or another, has afflicted most countries in the region. In this study we explore the potential implications of the upsurge in crime on migration by testing the hypothesis that crime victimization in Latin America increases the probability that people have given serious thought to the prospect of migrating with their families to the United States. Using Latinobarometro public opinion surveys of approximately 49,000 respondents residing in 17 countries in 2002, 2003, and 2004, the results of a Hierarchical Generalized Linear Model found that, net of individual and country-level control variables, the probability of seriously considering family migration to the United States was around 30 percent higher among respondents who reported that they or a member of their family was a victim of a crime sometime during the year prior to the survey. Evidence that victimization promotes the propensity to emigrate is a finding that contributes to an understanding of the transnational consequences of the increase in crime in Latin America, and adds a new variable to the inventory of factors that encourage people to migrate to the United States.
In: Latin American politics and society, Band 52, Heft 4, S. 137-146
ISSN: 1531-426X
In: Political studies: the journal of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom, Band 58, Heft 3, S. 450-471
ISSN: 1467-9248
Much of the scholarship on democratization has a myopic focus on economic conditions. Using Afrobarometer and Latinobarometro survey data, the article examines how crime victimization and perceptions of crime influence citizens' attitudes toward democracy. After elaborating on several theoretical frameworks that help illuminate the relationship between crime and support for democracy, the article applies fixed effects and generalized hierarchical linear models to the cross-national survey data. The results show that a citizen's perception of public safety is as important a factor as any socio-economic variable in predicting support for and satisfaction with democracy. This finding is important because widespread support for democracy among the citizenry is considered a requisite for the consolidation of democracy. Adapted from the source document.
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 8, Heft 3, S. 905-906
ISSN: 1537-5927
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 318-320
ISSN: 1537-5927
In: Latin American research review: LARR ; the journal of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Band 45, Heft 2, S. 228-235
ISSN: 0023-8791
In: Foreign affairs, Band 89, Heft 2, S. 164
ISSN: 0015-7120
In: Latin American research review: LARR ; the journal of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Band 45, Heft 3, S. 261-273
ISSN: 0023-8791
In: Parameters: journal of the US Army War College, Band 40, Heft 2, S. 129-130
ISSN: 0031-1723
In: Political research quarterly: PRQ ; official journal of Western Political Science Association, Pacific Northwest Political Science Association, Southern California Political Science Association, Northern California Political Science Association, Band 63, Heft 3, S. 508-523
ISSN: 1065-9129
In: Internasjonal politikk, Band 68, Heft 2, S. 308-312
ISSN: 0020-577X