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Representing Different Constituencies: Electoral Rules in Bicameral Systems in Latin America and Their Impact on Political Representation
Get PDFThis article analyzes the quantitative (mechanical) effects and qualitative (perceptions) effects on political representation of the election of two separate chambers in Latin America’s bicameral systems. After discussing the spread and strength of bicameralism in Latin America, we compare the different electoral systems for lower chambers and Senates. Our study shows that in a region characterized by relatively high levels of malapportionment in the first chamber, the second chamber reinforces the malapportionment in parliament. Representation tends to be much more disproportional in the upper chamber than in the lower house. Moreover, the differences in the electoral systems and district magnitudes for both chambers make it more difficult for women to win a seat in the Senate.Latin America, Senates, bicameralism, electoral systems, malapportionment, gender quota
Perspektiven einer Lateinamerikapolitik Deutschlands als Handelsstaat und Zivilmacht
No full textPerspektiven einer Lateinamerikapolitik Deutschlands als Handelsstaat und Zivilmacht / Heinrich-W. Krumwiede ; Detlef Nolte. - In: Lateinamerika-Jahrbuch. 3. 1994. S. 9-4
sj-doc-1-ire-10.1177_00471178211067366 – Supplemental material for Resilience to crisis and resistance to change: a comparative analysis of the determinants of crisis outcomes in Latin American regional organisations
No full textSupplemental material, sj-doc-1-ire-10.1177_00471178211067366 for Resilience to crisis and resistance to change: a comparative analysis of the determinants of crisis outcomes in Latin American regional organisations by Giovanni Agostinis and Detlef Nolte in International Relations</p
Introduction: Regionalism under stress
Get PDFRegionalism is under stress in Europe and Latin America. The European Union, while still coping with the Eurozone crisis, has been facing additional challenges, such as conflicts in its neighborhood, the massive influx of refugees, an increasing frequency of terrorist attacks, the electoral success of Eurosceptic parties, and the Brexit referendum. In Latin America, regional cooperation stagnates due to economic problems in major countries, a lack of regional leadership, and ideological conflicts which led to a standoff in important regional organizations. Our project studied current challenges and constraints facing regionalism in different parts of the world. In particular, it investigated stress factors and their interaction with characteristics of the region. This introduction defines central concepts, situates the book in the burgeoning field of research on comparative regionalism, presents the analytical framework, and offers an overview of the individual contributions
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Regionalism Under Stress: Europe and Latin America in Comparative Perspective
No full textRegionalism is under stress. The European Union has been challenged by the Eurozone crisis, refugee flows, terrorist attacks, Euroscepticism, and Brexit. In Latin America, regional cooperation has been stagnating.
Studying Europe and Latin America within a broader comparative perspective, this volume provides an analytical framework to assess stress factors facing regionalism. The contributors explore how economic and financial crises, security challenges, identity questions raised by immigration and refugee flows, the rise of populism, and shifting regional and global power dynamics have had an impact on regionalism; whether the EU crisis has had repercussions for regionalisms in other parts of the world; and to what extent the impact of stress factors is mediated by characteristics of the region that may provide elements of resilience.
Written by specialists from Europe and Latin America with a shared interest in the new field of comparative regionalism, this book will be an invaluable resource for students, scholars and policy specialists in regional integration, European politics, EU studies, Latin American studies, and international relations and international law more generally
Detlef Nolte; Almut Schilling-Vacaflor (eds.) «New Constitutionalism in Latin America. Promises and Practices». Great Britain: Ashgate, 2012. 499 pp. ISBN: 978- 1-4094-3498-6.
Get PDF[ES] Información bibliográfica del libro editado por Detlef Nolte; Almut Schilling-Vacaflor. New Constitutionalism in Latin America. Promises and Practices
Lo bueno, lo malo, lo feo y lo necesario: pasado, presente y futuro del regionalismo latinoamericano
Get PDFEn el contexto de la crisis actual del regionalismo latinoamericano este artículo analiza, en la primera parte, tanto los avances como las limitaciones estructurales del regionalismo latinoamericano en los últimos 30 años. En la segunda parte, describe algunos elementos estructurales para entender mejor la crisis del regionalismo poshegemónico. La tercera parte discute estrategias y pasos para hacer frente a la crisis actual, y para dar nuevos impulsos al regionalismo latinoamericano. Se discuten las opciones para confrontar la porosidad de la región y para aprovechar las nuevas oportunidades de establecer alianzas de cooperación económica entre países en diferentes regiones del mundo. El artículo aboga por un regionalismo pragmático y apoya la propuesta de crear un área de libre comercio latinoamericana
Nuevo libro sobre la Asociación Alemana de Investigación sobre América Latina (ADLAF)
No full text50 Jahre Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsche Lateinamerikaforschung ADLAF Editado por Peter Birle y Detlef Nolte Iberoamericana 2019 Más informació
Specifying graph languages with type graphs
Get PDFWe investigate three formalisms to specify graph languages, i.e. sets of graphs, based on type graphs. First, we are interested in (pure) type graphs, where the corresponding language consists of all graphs that can be mapped homomorphically to a given type graph. In this context, we also study languages specified by restriction graphs and their relation to type graphs. Second, we extend this basic approach to a type graph logic and, third, to type graphs with annotations. We present decidability results and closure properties for each of the formalisms
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