This paper analyzes three dimensions of elite-mass congruence in Chile and Uruguay: (a) ideological; (b) public issues, support, and satisfaction with democracy; and, (c) economic preferences on the role of the State. Data from probabilistic national surveys and surveys on elites financed by IDRC-Canada and carried out from 2013 to 2014 in each country are used. Congruence indexes are calculated to identify gaps between citizens and representatives. The main indexes used are Relative Citizen Congruence and Earth Mover’s Distance, a recent innovation borrowed from computer science. The findings show a greater ideological congruence in Chile, a greater congruence on support to democracy in Uruguay, and important gaps on education issues in Ch...
Recent literature suggests that cultural factors are gaining predictive power over ideological ones ...
This article evaluates the configuration of the political elites in Chile after the social protest o...
This paper builds up empirically a class scheme fit to Chile and analyzes the pattern of cross gener...
Though Chile is often lauded for its successful democratic transition and high quality democracy, th...
Abstract Institutionalized party systems can coexist with a low programmatic congruence between elit...
In the Latin American context, Chile has the highest level of per capita income and the human develo...
Though Chile is often lauded for its successful democratic transition and high quality democracy, th...
The autonomy between state and electoral politics has been a main concern of the Latinamerica’s stat...
Democratic representation seems to be increasingly under stress in various established democracies, ...
Citizens' political attitudes and preferences evolve in the life course, because of ageing as well a...
Artículo de publicación ISIEn el contexto latinoamericano, Chile tiene el nivel más alto de ingreso ...
Argentina has one of the highest standards of support for democracy in Latin America despite the eco...
Tanto en España como en Chile la sociedad civil y las elites participaron en los procesos que conduj...
This article analyses the social composition of political elites in the Chilean legislative branch, ...
This article analyzes, through official databases of the Chilean Ministry of Education, Citizen Part...
Recent literature suggests that cultural factors are gaining predictive power over ideological ones ...
This article evaluates the configuration of the political elites in Chile after the social protest o...
This paper builds up empirically a class scheme fit to Chile and analyzes the pattern of cross gener...
Though Chile is often lauded for its successful democratic transition and high quality democracy, th...
Abstract Institutionalized party systems can coexist with a low programmatic congruence between elit...
In the Latin American context, Chile has the highest level of per capita income and the human develo...
Though Chile is often lauded for its successful democratic transition and high quality democracy, th...
The autonomy between state and electoral politics has been a main concern of the Latinamerica’s stat...
Democratic representation seems to be increasingly under stress in various established democracies, ...
Citizens' political attitudes and preferences evolve in the life course, because of ageing as well a...
Artículo de publicación ISIEn el contexto latinoamericano, Chile tiene el nivel más alto de ingreso ...
Argentina has one of the highest standards of support for democracy in Latin America despite the eco...
Tanto en España como en Chile la sociedad civil y las elites participaron en los procesos que conduj...
This article analyses the social composition of political elites in the Chilean legislative branch, ...
This article analyzes, through official databases of the Chilean Ministry of Education, Citizen Part...
Recent literature suggests that cultural factors are gaining predictive power over ideological ones ...
This article evaluates the configuration of the political elites in Chile after the social protest o...
This paper builds up empirically a class scheme fit to Chile and analyzes the pattern of cross gener...