Congruence in Latin American Party Systems: Are Economic Preferences or Cultural Attitudes Better Represented by Legislative Parties?

• In Event: Executives and Legislatures in Latin America: The Power Game

Brief Overview

We analyze the correspondence between the distribution of voters’ preferences and the distribution of legislators’ preferences along economic and social dimensions in eighteen Latin American democracies.

Authors

• Brian F. Crisp, Washington University in St Louis

• Santiago Olivella, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Guillermo Rosas, Washington University in St Louis

• Mauricio Andres Vela, Washington University in St Louis