Because it is derived from the US case, the literature suggests a model of political careers in which individuals aspire to occupy a congressional seat and wish to be reelected continuously. This model does not fit with the dynamic of careers in Latin America. This article adjusts the literature's assumptions in order to explain political careers in the region. After an analysis of the literature, I show that Latin American politicians make career decisions based on rational calculi of benefits, probabilities of attaining office and costs in which they may incur. Furthermore, I assert that politicians have "progressive" ambitions. That is, they seek higher office when the expected benefits are greater than its costs. I also explain how care...
Legislators who do not expect to be permanently reelected are not necessarily non-ambitious politici...
What forces shape the behavior of incumbent legislators in a federation? Do subnational political el...
Why run for reelection when the logic and incentives of the political system leave no doubt that run...
Most everybody is ambitious about their own careers. Most of us aspire to be promoted to positions w...
Studies on politicians ’ careers have a long history and a central place in Political Science2. Some...
The aim of this article is to analyze nascent political ambition in three Central America countries:...
Explaining legislative behavior in the Mexico represents a puzzle given the state of existing theory...
What characteristics or qualities must a person have to be considered a politician? Is everyone who ...
If politicians ’ behavior can be traced to their office goals, then rational-choice theories of poli...
The study of political careers has focused mainly on highly institutionalized systems. This article ...
ABSTRACT: The academic interest for the study of governors in Latin America grew within the last yea...
El presente estudio comparado identifica los impactos de los grados de profesionalización del servic...
In Latin America as elsewhere, politicians routinely face a painful dilemma: whether to use state re...
Introducción: Este trabajo busca conocer cómo algunos actores políticos logran convertirse en repres...
Los nuevos liderazgos con sus discursos nacionales-populares que recorren buena parte de América Lat...
Legislators who do not expect to be permanently reelected are not necessarily non-ambitious politici...
What forces shape the behavior of incumbent legislators in a federation? Do subnational political el...
Why run for reelection when the logic and incentives of the political system leave no doubt that run...
Most everybody is ambitious about their own careers. Most of us aspire to be promoted to positions w...
Studies on politicians ’ careers have a long history and a central place in Political Science2. Some...
The aim of this article is to analyze nascent political ambition in three Central America countries:...
Explaining legislative behavior in the Mexico represents a puzzle given the state of existing theory...
What characteristics or qualities must a person have to be considered a politician? Is everyone who ...
If politicians ’ behavior can be traced to their office goals, then rational-choice theories of poli...
The study of political careers has focused mainly on highly institutionalized systems. This article ...
ABSTRACT: The academic interest for the study of governors in Latin America grew within the last yea...
El presente estudio comparado identifica los impactos de los grados de profesionalización del servic...
In Latin America as elsewhere, politicians routinely face a painful dilemma: whether to use state re...
Introducción: Este trabajo busca conocer cómo algunos actores políticos logran convertirse en repres...
Los nuevos liderazgos con sus discursos nacionales-populares que recorren buena parte de América Lat...
Legislators who do not expect to be permanently reelected are not necessarily non-ambitious politici...
What forces shape the behavior of incumbent legislators in a federation? Do subnational political el...
Why run for reelection when the logic and incentives of the political system leave no doubt that run...