Costa Rica: A Case of Dealignment or Realignment?

• In Event: Parties and Electoral Behavior

Brief Overview

Costa Rica’s old party system is under stress. We find evidence of realignment when controlling for sex, age, region of residence, education, party identification, self-placement in the left-to-right ideological spectrum and economic outlook.

Authors

• Lucas Matias Perello, The New School

• Patricio D. Navia, New York University