With Yanina Welp I discuss different ways of how direct democratic institutions have been applied in Latin American countries – both in fundamentally democratizing processes but also power grabbing incidents. In particular, we talk about the cases of Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay and Venezuela, based on Yanina’s extensive research and deep knowledge.
Yanina also shares her insights on how direct democracy can be a check on the power of the executive and legislative branches of government. And I also want to know what she expects from the second attempt in Chile to write a brand new constitution, that the people will decide on in a referendum in December.
Yanina Welp is a Research Fellow at the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy at the Graduate Institute in Geneva. Between 2008 and 2018 she was principal researcher at the Centre for Democracy Studies and co-director of the Zurich Latin American Centre, both at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. She got her PhD in Political and Social Sciences from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona and a habilitation from the University of St. Gallen.
Two of her recent books are “The Will of the People: Populism and Citizens Participation in Latin America” and the “De Gruyter Handbook of Citizens Assemblies” that she co-edited with Min Reuchamps and Julien Vrydagh.
References to books, papers, and other contributions:
- Yanina Welp’s research website
- Yanina Welp Google Scholar
- Follow Yanina on Twitter and LinkedIn.
- Fernando Tuesta Soldevilla
- The Will of the People: Populism and Citizens Participation in Latin America by Yanina Welp, De Gruyter, 2022
- De Gruyter Handbook of Citizens’ Assemblies by Min Reuchamps, Julien Vrydagh and Yanina Welp (Eds.), De Gruyer, 2023 (Open Access)
- El diablo está en los detalles: referéndum y poder político en América Latina by Fernando Tuesta Soldevilla and Yanina Welp (Eds.), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2020.
- Ciska Raventos Vorst’s research
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