Eduardo Olivares Concha
Title of thesis
Party System Institutionalization in New Democracies of East Asia and Latin America: Differences in Origin and Evolution
Summary
Many East Asian and Latin American countries emerged as newly democratized countries in the 1980s and 1990s but faced different outcomes in terms of party system institutionalization. While some developed strong political parties to represent citizen’s interests, others have weak organizations that only represent narrow interest groups or elites. I want to compare cases from both regions focusing primarily on the elements existing before the democratic breakdown (if any); the length and characteristics of the authoritarian rule, and the particular characteristics of the political system after the recovery of democracy. I expect that only after making clear distinctions between these elements, a more accurate theory of party system institutionalization will take place.
Supervisors
Dr. Jane Green and Dr. Hermann Schmitt
Planned submission date
September 2014
Research interests
International Relations of East Asia and Latin America; Politics of South Korea, Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, China, Singapore; Politics of Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Peru; IPE; Latin American Media.
Teaching experience
- TA. Spanish 1A, 1C and 1DX (Sep 2010-Mar 2011), University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
- Reader. Films and Society (Mar-Jun 2010), University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
- Lecturer. Journalistic Writing II (Mar-Dec 2001), University Diego Portales (UDP, Chile)
- TA. Journalistic Investigation I (Mar 2000-Dec 2001), Catholic University of Chile (PUC, Chile)
- TA. Journalistic Writing I (Mar 2000-Jul 2001), Catholic University of Chile (PUC, Chile)
Additional information
Working in a forthcoming paper "Under Which Conditions Should the Village Elections in China Be Called Democratic?", to be published by the Asian Program of the Catholic University of Chile.