Abstract

BEDOYA MARULANDA, John Fredy. Voter Behavior Studies in Latin America: A Literature Review of the Cases of Mexico, Argentina, Chile y Colombia, 2000-2010. Estud. Polit. [online]. 2015, n.46, pp.197-219. ISSN 0121-5167.

The goal of this article is to assess the production and evaluate the progress of latin american political science in the comprehension of voter behavior. It analyzes the bibliographic production in Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Colombia between 2000 and 2010, controlling the effect that the different level of development of political science in each country could have on the development of this particular subfield. For this purpose, the article evaluates the research questions, hypotheses and delimitation of studies, as well as the conceptual streanghts of this production. The main finding is that, in spite of the methodological complexity of studies and the development of relevant and contextualized questions, the path ahead still long.

Keywords : Political Science Development; Voter Behavior; Electoral Studies; Mexico; Colombia; Argentina; Chile.

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