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

Niemann Peralta, P.V. (2021)

Doctoral Thesis

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 Reform
• Chile
• Historical Institutionalism
• Rational Choice Institutionalism
• Inherent Factors
• Contingent Factors
• Gradualism

• All authors: Niemann Peralta, P.V.
• Supervisor: Silva, P.; Navia, P.
• Committee: Amann, E.; Castiglioni, R.; Moreno, M.A.
• Qualification: Doctor (dr.)
• Awarding Institution: Leiden University Institute for History, Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University
• Date: 2021-02-24