Rodrigo Barrenechea
@rbarrenechea.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at Universidad Católica del Uruguay
New article with Daniel Encinas. “Cleavages without Parties: Populism and its Voters in Peru.”
Even without stable parties, Peruvian voting is quite predictable. Competition has long been structured by a core–periphery cleavage and a populist narrative of “people vs. elite.”
Link: t.co/P7AuVXzSTZ
Even without stable parties, Peruvian voting is quite predictable. Competition has long been structured by a core–periphery cleavage and a populist narrative of “people vs. elite.”
Link: t.co/P7AuVXzSTZ
August 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
New article with Daniel Encinas. “Cleavages without Parties: Populism and its Voters in Peru.”
Even without stable parties, Peruvian voting is quite predictable. Competition has long been structured by a core–periphery cleavage and a populist narrative of “people vs. elite.”
Link: t.co/P7AuVXzSTZ
Even without stable parties, Peruvian voting is quite predictable. Competition has long been structured by a core–periphery cleavage and a populist narrative of “people vs. elite.”
Link: t.co/P7AuVXzSTZ
My review of Schenoni's Bringing War Back In.
“Bringing War Back In (BWBI) is a tour de force in state-building scholarship, a model of multi-methods research, and a love letter to Max Weber.”
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“Bringing War Back In (BWBI) is a tour de force in state-building scholarship, a model of multi-methods research, and a love letter to Max Weber.”
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Luis L. Schenoni, Bringing War Back In: Victory, Defeat, and the State in Nineteenth-Century Latin America. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2024. Tables, figures, maps, bibliography, index, 307 ...
Luis L. Schenoni, Bringing War Back In: Victory, Defeat, and the State in Nineteenth-Century Latin America. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2024. Tables, figures, maps, bibliography, index, 307 ...
www.cambridge.org
May 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
My review of Schenoni's Bringing War Back In.
“Bringing War Back In (BWBI) is a tour de force in state-building scholarship, a model of multi-methods research, and a love letter to Max Weber.”
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“Bringing War Back In (BWBI) is a tour de force in state-building scholarship, a model of multi-methods research, and a love letter to Max Weber.”
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Americans are skipping the most entertaining parts of populism and going straight to the economic crisis.
March 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Americans are skipping the most entertaining parts of populism and going straight to the economic crisis.
Charles Tilly: War makes the state, and the state makes war.
Luis Schenoni: State makes war, and war makes (or breaks) the state.
Luis Schenoni: State makes war, and war makes (or breaks) the state.
January 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Charles Tilly: War makes the state, and the state makes war.
Luis Schenoni: State makes war, and war makes (or breaks) the state.
Luis Schenoni: State makes war, and war makes (or breaks) the state.
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🎉 It's official! Starting January 1 and for the next 5 years, I’ll be a Ramón y Cajal fellow at IE. Grateful to @cienciagob.bsky.social and my colleagues @ieuniversity.bsky.social for this opportunity to advance my research on governance, corruption, and civil servants
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La Agencia Estatal de Investigación destina más de 120 Millones de euros para nuevos contratos Ramón y Cajal | Agencia Estatal de InvestigaciónBuscar
La Agencia Estatal de Investigación ha publicado la primera Resolución de concesión de las Ayudas Ramón y Cajal 2023. Estas ayudas se conceden con el fin de promover la incorporación de personal investigador, español o extranjero, con una trayectoria destacada en centros de I+D españoles, con el fin de que adquieran las competencias y capacidades que les permitan obtener un puesto de carácter estable en un organismo de investigación del Sistema Español de Ciencia, Tecnología y de Innovación
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December 16, 2024 at 5:12 PM
🎉 It's official! Starting January 1 and for the next 5 years, I’ll be a Ramón y Cajal fellow at IE. Grateful to @cienciagob.bsky.social and my colleagues @ieuniversity.bsky.social for this opportunity to advance my research on governance, corruption, and civil servants
www.aei.gob.es/noticias/age...
www.aei.gob.es/noticias/age...
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Latin Americanists looking at all the contradictory factions of a populist coalition that undermine existing institutions, while fighting each other, yet are loyal to the same charismatic leader who they believe can resolve all their problems and restore national glory, this time in the U.S..
a close up of a man 's face with david worren written on the bottom right
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with david worren written on the bottom right
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December 12, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Latin Americanists looking at all the contradictory factions of a populist coalition that undermine existing institutions, while fighting each other, yet are loyal to the same charismatic leader who they believe can resolve all their problems and restore national glory, this time in the U.S..
Se ha estudiado cómo la baja capacidad estatal lleva a menor capacidad de representación. Con Estado incapaz es difícil representar preferencias de votantes. Pero el Perú actual muestra cómo la baja capacidad de representación puede llevar a menor capacidad estatal. 🧵
December 11, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Se ha estudiado cómo la baja capacidad estatal lleva a menor capacidad de representación. Con Estado incapaz es difícil representar preferencias de votantes. Pero el Perú actual muestra cómo la baja capacidad de representación puede llevar a menor capacidad estatal. 🧵
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The Fall 2024 issue of QMMR is now live!
1. Eye-opening symposium with a debate on how to draw causal graphs
2. Reports from the Emerging Methodologists Wkshop
3. Great articles on archival research
4. Fascinating notes from the Field/Classroom
Dig in!
qmmrpublication.com/_files/ugd/7e0…
1. Eye-opening symposium with a debate on how to draw causal graphs
2. Reports from the Emerging Methodologists Wkshop
3. Great articles on archival research
4. Fascinating notes from the Field/Classroom
Dig in!
qmmrpublication.com/_files/ugd/7e0…
December 9, 2024 at 11:09 AM
The Fall 2024 issue of QMMR is now live!
1. Eye-opening symposium with a debate on how to draw causal graphs
2. Reports from the Emerging Methodologists Wkshop
3. Great articles on archival research
4. Fascinating notes from the Field/Classroom
Dig in!
qmmrpublication.com/_files/ugd/7e0…
1. Eye-opening symposium with a debate on how to draw causal graphs
2. Reports from the Emerging Methodologists Wkshop
3. Great articles on archival research
4. Fascinating notes from the Field/Classroom
Dig in!
qmmrpublication.com/_files/ugd/7e0…
"Poorly planned/executed autogolpe". From now on, these should be called "a Pedro Castillo."
Given that the National Assembly could assemble and the military appears to be retreating, its clear this was a poorly planned/executed autogolpe.
Thank goodness because democracy gets to live another day.
Thank goodness because democracy gets to live another day.
To-date, South Korea's media appears to be operating freely, with numerous channels on the air and streaming online, carrying multiple streams. Lawmakers gathering in parliament at this time.
December 3, 2024 at 4:40 PM
"Poorly planned/executed autogolpe". From now on, these should be called "a Pedro Castillo."
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We're delighted to announce the release of our Cambridge Element: Parties and New Technologies in Latin America. By Rafael Piñeiro-Rodriguez, Fernando Rosenblatt, Gabriel Vommaro, and Laura Wills-Otero.
It's free to download for the next four weeks!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
It's free to download for the next four weeks!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Parties and New Technologies in Latin America
Cambridge Core - Latin American Studies - Parties and New Technologies in Latin America
www.cambridge.org
December 2, 2024 at 1:03 PM
We're delighted to announce the release of our Cambridge Element: Parties and New Technologies in Latin America. By Rafael Piñeiro-Rodriguez, Fernando Rosenblatt, Gabriel Vommaro, and Laura Wills-Otero.
It's free to download for the next four weeks!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
It's free to download for the next four weeks!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
"Ese país se parecerá más a Perú que a Noruega, obviamente. Pero entre un país con 200% de inflación y Perú, ¿vos qué elegirías, compañero?"
www.eldiplo.org/306-un-ano-d...
www.eldiplo.org/306-un-ano-d...
¿La está domando? – El Dipló
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December 2, 2024 at 10:50 PM
"Ese país se parecerá más a Perú que a Noruega, obviamente. Pero entre un país con 200% de inflación y Perú, ¿vos qué elegirías, compañero?"
www.eldiplo.org/306-un-ano-d...
www.eldiplo.org/306-un-ano-d...
This was my last semester at UCU. In '25 I'm joining the Department of Social and Political Sciences at Universidad del Pacífico. I'll miss my wonderful colleagues and I'm also excited to start a new stage with excellent colleagues at UP.
Thanks for everything, Uruguay. See you in Lima.
Thanks for everything, Uruguay. See you in Lima.
December 2, 2024 at 7:12 PM
This was my last semester at UCU. In '25 I'm joining the Department of Social and Political Sciences at Universidad del Pacífico. I'll miss my wonderful colleagues and I'm also excited to start a new stage with excellent colleagues at UP.
Thanks for everything, Uruguay. See you in Lima.
Thanks for everything, Uruguay. See you in Lima.
Reposted by Rodrigo Barrenechea
I’ve had many interesting conversations about the election & what the next Trump administration will bring. Is the US set to slide into authoritarianism? Will we wall ourselves off from the world? Is it a new dawn of American prosperity? Might Trump remake the whole political landscape? 🧵 1/N
November 26, 2024 at 11:51 AM
I’ve had many interesting conversations about the election & what the next Trump administration will bring. Is the US set to slide into authoritarianism? Will we wall ourselves off from the world? Is it a new dawn of American prosperity? Might Trump remake the whole political landscape? 🧵 1/N
