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THE HISTORY OF THE NICARAGUAN SOCIAL SECURITY INSTITUTE/ AN ANALYSIS OF PATH DEPENDENCY
(Georgetown University, 2015)
The use of path dependency in political science explanations of institutional development, especially social security helps us to better understand continuities and departures of a policy. The lack of theoretical work on ...
State Capacity to Implement Public-Private Partnerships for Transport Infrastructure in Costa Rica between 1994-2013. A Case Study of the National Council of Concessions
(Georgetown University, 2015)
In 2013, the World Economic Forum placed Costa Rica in the position 131 out of 144 economies for the category of “quality of roads”. The following year, Costa Rica showed an improvement in the same study ranking 119; yet, ...
Elections Gone Wrong: Political Polarization and Post-Election Conflicts in Presidential Elections in Latin America
(Georgetown University, 2015)
Despite international observers’ endorsement and relatively functional electoral institutions, sometimes losers still reject election results. Under what circumstances does this occur? And when post-election conflicts ...
La mirada ciudadana sobre los comicios: Evaluación de la puesta en práctica de la política de Acompañamiento Cívico en las elecciones nacionales de 2011 y 2013
(Georgetown University, 2015)
El presente trabajo de investigación tiene como objeto de estudio el caso de la observación electoral nacional en Argentina. La observación electoral nacional o doméstica refiere a la posibilidad de que los ciudadanos y ...