A comprehensive approach to the study of electoral reform: An analysis of Chile’s road to electoral reform (1989-2015)

Author(s):
Niemann Peralta, P.V.
Published
2021
Publication type
Doctoral Thesis

Abstract

This dissertation studies the process of electoral reform in Chile (1989-2015) through a novel and comprehensive approach which challenges traditional conceptualizations of electoral reforms with the objetive of broadening the scope of what constitutes an electoral reform and the theoretical tools scholars use to identify and analyze them.

Electoral ReformChileHistorical InstitutionalismRational Choice InstitutionalismInherent FactorsContingent FactorsGradualism
Defense date
2021-02-24
Language
English
Supervisor(s)
Silva, P.; Navia, P.
Committee member(s)
Amann, E.; Castiglioni, R.; Moreno, M.A.
Qualification
Ph.D.
Degree granting institution
Leiden University Institute for History, Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University, Leiden
hdl
1887/3142394