Brazil once had some of the highest vaccination rates in the world, yet coverage has declined sharply since 2015 despite universal and free access. Why has hesi...

What factors shape preferences for subnational autonomy in contexts of limited, top-down decentralization? Drawing on Social Identity Theory, we argue that subn...

This issue covers such key topics as the impact of political trust on citizen engagement, the systematic elimination of social leaders, electoral accountability in federative systems during times of c...

In recent years, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights and candidacies have expanded across Latin America. Some argue that such progress may prov...

Despite the conceptual and analytical differences between presidential breakdowns (PBs) and coups, the empirical decline in coups has shifted attention to dispu...

The current issue examines topics such as the consequences when politicians give up on tackling corruption, whether right-wing parties support military government, information pollution, the impact of...

Electoral divisions along class, religious, and ethnic lines differ in strength across countries and within them over time. I argue that the lack of meaningful ...

How does the populist radical right (PRR) use local office to pursue national political ambitions? This article analyzes the case of Rafael López Aliaga, mayor ...

This study explores electoral accountability in federative systems during crises, with a focus on the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. It analyses how voters assign...

Social leaders play a crucial role in serving as mediators between communities and authorities. What happens when these leaders are systematically eliminated fr...

In Latin America, public opinion support for drug legalisation is generally low. Yet since the 2010s, drug policy debates have grown, and some politicians becam...

The current issue looks at the voting behaviour of small states in multilateral organisations using the example of Colombia, the role of a non-state actor in weakening democratic institutions and deep...

The current issue looks at the voting behaviour of small states in multilateral organisations using the example of Colombia, the role of a non-state actor in weakening democratic institutions and deep...

This article examines the phenomenon of “runoff reversals” in presidential elections, where second-place candidates in the first round surpass frontrunners in t...

The recently published “Impact Factors 2024” by the specialist company Clarivate Analytics once again demonstrate the academic excellence of the GIGA Journal Family. The Journal of Politics in Latin A...

Experts have shown that anti-corruption actions can improve the quality of public policies. The issue is that we are not certain if this occurs because politici...