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Download top 10 - 2012

Article	Downloads	Views
United by Discord, Divided by Consensus: National and Sub-national Articulation in Bolivia and Peru, 2000–2010	544	79
Business, Economic Experts, and Conservative Party Building in Latin America: The Case of El Salvador	334	25
The Mechanics of Regime Instability in Latin America	289	46
Evade, Corrupt, or Confront? Organized Crime and the State in Brazil and Mexico	242	62
Incumbents without a Campaign Finance Advantage: Competition and Money in Chile’s Congressional Elections	234	72
Compulsory for Whom? Mandatory Voting and Electoral Participation in Brazil, 1986-2006	209	43
The Right in “New Left” Latin America	204	70
Pursuing Centralization amidst Decentralization: The Politics of Brazil’s Innovative Response to HIV/AIDS	187	34
Political Parties and Government Coalitions in the Americas	176	40
Institutional Reform and Rights Revolutions in Latin America: The Cases of Costa Rica and Colombia	171	29

Download top 10 - 2011

Article	Downloads	Views
Business, Economic Experts, and Conservative Party Building in Latin America: The Case of El Salvador	1401	65
The Mechanics of Regime Instability in Latin America	828	122
Evade, Corrupt, or Confront? Organized Crime and the State in Brazil and Mexico	725	151
The Right in “New Left” Latin America	619	254
Political Parties and Government Coalitions in the Americas	603	172
Political Appointments and Coalition Management in Brazil, 2007-2010	582	111
Institutional Reform and Rights Revolutions in Latin America: The Cases of Costa Rica and Colombia	551	42
Knowing Left From Right: Ideological Identification in Brazil, 2002-2006	536	107
Democracy Against Parties? Party System Deinstitutionalization in Colombia	530	149
Compulsory for Whom? Mandatory Voting and Electoral Participation in Brazil, 1986-2006	509	69

Download top 10 - 2010

Article	Downloads	Views
The Mechanics of Regime Instability in Latin America	1496	177
Evade, Corrupt, or Confront? Organized Crime and the State in Brazil and Mexico	1404	177
Presidential Support in a Context of Crisis and Recovery in Peru, 1985-2008	986	118
Compulsory for Whom? Mandatory Voting and Electoral Participation in Brazil, 1986-2006	755	69
Institutional Reform and Rights Revolutions in Latin America: The Cases of Costa Rica and Colombia	635	66
Electoral Reform, Regional Cleavages, and Party System Stability in Bolivia	597	78
Politics of the Periphery: An Introduction to Subnational Authoritarianism and Democratization in Latin America	568	140
Elite-Mass Congruence, Partidocracia and the Quality of Chilean Democracy	460	157
Institutional Change in Latin America: External Models and their Unintended Consequences	385	155
Delegation, Presidential Regimes, and Latin American Regulatory Agencies	383	262

Download top 10 - 2009

Article	Downloads	Views
The Mechanics of Regime Instability in Latin America	1295	322
Evade, Corrupt, or Confront? Organized Crime and the State in Brazil and Mexico	1232	158
Compulsory for Whom? Mandatory Voting and Electoral Participation in Brazil, 1986-2006	531	93
Institutional Change in Latin America: External Models and their Unintended Consequences	517	177
Electoral Reform, Regional Cleavages, and Party System Stability in Bolivia	452	86
Failed Presidencies: Identifying and Explaining a South American Anomaly	413	131
Institutional Reform and Rights Revolutions in Latin America: The Cases of Costa Rica and Colombia	395	104
From Party Systems to Party Organizations: The Adaptation of Latin American Parties to Changing Environments	388	156
Presidential Control of High Courts in Latin America: A Long-term View (1904-2006)	318	104
Government and Opposition in the Argentine Congress, 1989-2007: Understanding Inter-Party Dynamics through Roll Call Vote Analysis	317	90