Why and how is the Manifesto Project being extended to Latin America?
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Manifesto Project, MARPOR, Latin America, presidential regimes.Abstract
This piece of research examines the inclusion of Latin American democracies into the Manifesto Project´s database –named Manifesto Research on Political Representation (MARPOR) since 2009–. It addresses some theoretical and conceptual implications related to the study of the functioning of delegation chains in presidential regimes from MARPOR´s perspective. Particularly, it is here analyzed the meaning of electoral programs in parliamentary and presidential systems. Besides, it is explained the revision of the standard classification scheme and other adjustments introduced to the methodology prior to this extension. Lastly, the protocol applied for gathering Latin-American parties and candidates’ manifestos is shared.Downloads
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