What role do Latin Americans expect legislatures to play vis-à-vis the executive? How do expectations shape political trust in a developing democracy like Peru? This article introduces new indicators gauging citizens’ current perceptions of, and idealized expectations for, the institutional independence of their elected assemblies. It uses 2007 data to test the hypothesis that the gap between the two indicators – the “legislative autonomy gap” – predicts trust in Congress. Most Peruvians claimed to prefer a more autonomous legislature. And citizens whose high expectations for institutional independence were adequately met were more likely to express confidence in Congress. However, having low expectations of congressional autonomy met also ...
This article discusses Parliamentary control over bureaucracies. In the first place, it reviews a nu...
Constitutional provisions regarding presidential re-election have been modified in several Latin Ame...
The article analyses the profiles citizens on confidence in political parties in Latin America. The ...
What role do Latin Americans expect legislatures to play vis-à-vis the executive? How do expectation...
What role do Latin Americans expect legislatures to play vis-à-vis the executive? How do expectation...
What role do Latin Americans expect legislatures to play vis-à-vis the executive? How do expectation...
Lack of confidence in democratic institutions can cause citizens to “bet” on a return to an authorit...
In this paper, we explore micro-level explanations for the phenomena of “delegative democracy ” in L...
What roles do citizens’ knowledge of the political life of the country and the understanding of poli...
Most people still think of Latin American systems as characterised by weak legislatures dominated by...
In order to perform effective electoral processes in Latin America the model of electoral management...
Research surrounding political institutions and credible commitment to the rule of law is integral t...
In this paper, I explore the important link between citizens’ political mobilization, distrust in in...
When people evaluate how democracy works in practice, their experience with the outcomes of the regi...
Este artigo identifica os determinantes de confiança política e sua relação com o apoio ao regime no...
This article discusses Parliamentary control over bureaucracies. In the first place, it reviews a nu...
Constitutional provisions regarding presidential re-election have been modified in several Latin Ame...
The article analyses the profiles citizens on confidence in political parties in Latin America. The ...
What role do Latin Americans expect legislatures to play vis-à-vis the executive? How do expectation...
What role do Latin Americans expect legislatures to play vis-à-vis the executive? How do expectation...
What role do Latin Americans expect legislatures to play vis-à-vis the executive? How do expectation...
Lack of confidence in democratic institutions can cause citizens to “bet” on a return to an authorit...
In this paper, we explore micro-level explanations for the phenomena of “delegative democracy ” in L...
What roles do citizens’ knowledge of the political life of the country and the understanding of poli...
Most people still think of Latin American systems as characterised by weak legislatures dominated by...
In order to perform effective electoral processes in Latin America the model of electoral management...
Research surrounding political institutions and credible commitment to the rule of law is integral t...
In this paper, I explore the important link between citizens’ political mobilization, distrust in in...
When people evaluate how democracy works in practice, their experience with the outcomes of the regi...
Este artigo identifica os determinantes de confiança política e sua relação com o apoio ao regime no...
This article discusses Parliamentary control over bureaucracies. In the first place, it reviews a nu...
Constitutional provisions regarding presidential re-election have been modified in several Latin Ame...
The article analyses the profiles citizens on confidence in political parties in Latin America. The ...