Political Institutions and Party System Change in Chile

Political Institutions and Party System Change in Chile is the first volume of the Kellogg Institute Series On Democracy And Development Ser. This political science study provides a detailed institutional account of the Chilean party system from the 1930s through the early 2020s. Author Eduardo Alemán examines how parties interacted before 1973 to establish a historical baseline for understanding the post-authoritarian era.

This work of comparative politics analyzes the stability and eventual unraveling of Chile's party system after military rule. Using original data on congressional voting and elections, the text explores the impact of the 2015 electoral reform. This history of Latin America and South America challenges existing sociological interpretations of democracy and political process. It offers a new conceptual framework for analyzing party system change within the broader field of political ideologies.