Yanina Welp
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Yanina Welp
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PolSci - Comunicación Política - https://yaninawelp.wordpress.com
Democracy, participation & deliberation, Latin American politics
@ahcdemocracy.bsky.social - @gvagrad.bsky.social
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Political science 78%
Communication & Media Studies 7%
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🎯 Do citizen participation institutions really get stronger once they’re institutionalized—or do they become rigid, predictable, and easier to control?
📚Evidence from participatory budgeting, popular initiatives, and citizens’ assemblies in #Latam @melross.bsky.social
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“More” or “Better” Institutionalization? Lessons From Latin American Institutions of Citizen Participation | Article | Politics and Governance
Benjamin Goldfrank, Melisa Ross, Yanina Welp
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📘 An essential contribution to debates on the rule of law, development, and democracy in Latin America, moving beyond formal institutions to political economy realities. A must-read for scholars, practitioners, and students working on democracy and development.

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A bit of constitutional history to better understand Greenland — decolonisation, deliberation, and constitution-making in colonial contexts.
🔗 doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Can the decolonial be deliberative? Constitution-making and colonial c
This chapter discusses recent constitution-making efforts in the North Atlantic countries Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands, arguing that a colonial
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La ley funciona cuando convence a muchos de su valor y a todos o casi todos de su efectividad (zanahoria y palo). La clave está en la distribución del poder. Trump pateó el tablero. Incertidumbre total #venezuelainvasion

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Just a few days left to submit a chapter abstract!
Deadline is 15 January *2026
Looking forward to your abstracts!
@welpita.bsky.social @ahcdemocracy.bsky.social @clpn.bsky.social
Call for chapters on youth climate politics in Asia and Africa, for an edited book co-edited by our member Laura Bullon Cassis.

Abstracts are due by 15 January, 2026.

💥 Is a recall referendum a democratic pressure valve or a political boomerang? I'll be presenting my work on this question at the BIAPT Conference in Edinburgh on 7-9 January.
Join the discussion if you're there!

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Escuché tanto a Milei como a representantes del Partido Popular decir que Edmundo González tiene que asumir como presidente legítimo (pero sin hacer ninguna mención a los dichos de Trump). Veremos...

Alineamiento, creo, aunque hace un rato le escuché decir en LN+ que Edmundo González debe asumir la presidencia, cosa que parece lejos del plan de Trump.

Es imposible (y lo saben): la situación en 🇻🇪 no se resolverá **a la vez** por vías pacíficas, respeto a la voluntad popular, sin injerencias externas y en apego al derecho internacional. rebrand.ly/1wn25ik
España, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, México y Uruguay rechazan las acciones de EE.UU. en Venezuela
Los firmantes también han manifestado su “preocupación ante cualquier intento de control gubernamental, de administración o apropiación externa de recursos
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¿Fue el caracazo o la debilidad de la democracia elitista? ¿Fue la constitución de 1999 impulsada por Chavez? ¿Fue el petróleo y la maldición de los recursos naturales? Hace unos años con @fdelledonne.bsky.social hicimos episodio s/Venezuela: open.spotify.com/episode/2s6b...
Venezuela: Del Caracazo a Maduro
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If this is “justice,” it is poetic:
➡️there is no international law that justifies Maduro’s capture,
➡️but there is also no law capable of hiding the theft of the July elections.
Narratives of sovereignty vs. democracy fail to cover the fact that the power struggle has been laid bare.
What comes next?

El derecho internacional, los derechos humanos, la democracia....

El rey está desnudo.