TY - JOUR
T1 - A Natural Experiment in Political Decentralization
T2 - Local Institutions and Citizens' Political Engagement in Uruguay
AU - Rosenblatt, Fernando
AU - Bidegain, Germán
AU - Monestier, Felipe
AU - Rodríguez, Rafael Piñeiro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 University of Miami.
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - The potential democratizing effect of political decentralization reforms has been a matter of substantial theoretical and empirical debate. This article analyzes the effect of local democratic institution building on the political attitudes and behavior of citizens living in small towns in Uruguay. More specifically, using a natural experiment design, this research seeks to establish the causal impact of recently established elections of local authorities on individuals' political engagement. It develops a comparative case study analyzing the consequences of this institutional innovation in two towns. It shows that individuals from the town where citizens have the opportunity to elect their local authorities have more positive attitudes toward politics than those from the town without such elections.
AB - The potential democratizing effect of political decentralization reforms has been a matter of substantial theoretical and empirical debate. This article analyzes the effect of local democratic institution building on the political attitudes and behavior of citizens living in small towns in Uruguay. More specifically, using a natural experiment design, this research seeks to establish the causal impact of recently established elections of local authorities on individuals' political engagement. It develops a comparative case study analyzing the consequences of this institutional innovation in two towns. It shows that individuals from the town where citizens have the opportunity to elect their local authorities have more positive attitudes toward politics than those from the town without such elections.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84929710811&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2015.00268.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2015.00268.x
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:84929710811
SN - 1531-426X
VL - 57
SP - 91
EP - 110
JO - Latin American Politics and Society
JF - Latin American Politics and Society
IS - 2
ER -
