J. Samuel Valenzuela

About

J. Samuel Valenzuela is Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. Valenzuela's publications have focused on the origins and development of electoral processes, on labor movements and politics, on oppositions under authoritarian regimes, on democratic transitions and consolidation, on political parties, on problems and theories of development, and on comparative methodology. Broadly read and cited, his work relies frequently on careful examinations of the Chilean case, placing it in a comparative context drawn usually from cases in Western Europe and the Americas. He has been a Kellogg Institute faculty fellow since 1986.

Thematic Interests

Historical and political sociology; democratization; comparative labor movements; religion; development

Current Research

Transitional justice, development and welfare state issues, and religion in Latin America.

Regions

Working Papers

"Democratic Consolidation in Post-Transitional Settings: Notion, Process, and Facilitating Conditions"
Working Paper Number: 150
Published: December 1990

"Labor Movements and Political Systems: A Conceptual and Typological Analysis"
Working Paper Number: 167
Published: December 1991

"From Democracy to Democracy: Continuities and Changes of Electoral Choices and the Party System in Chile"
Working Paper Number: 199
Published: July 1993

"The Origins and Transformations of the Chilean Party System"
Working Paper Number: 215
Published: December 1995

"Building Aspects of Democracy before Democracy: Electoral Practices in Nineteenth-Century Chile"
Working Paper Number: 223
Published: April 1996

"La ley electoral de 1890 y la democratización del régimen político chileno"
Working Paper Number: 247
Published: January 1998

"La Constitución de 1980 y el Inicio de la Redemocratización en Chile"
Working Paper Number: 242
Published: September 1997

"Macro Comparisons without the Pitfalls: A Protocol for Comparative Research"
Working Paper Number: 239
Published: April 1997

Resilience and Change: The Party System in Redemocratized Chile
Working Paper Number: 416
Published: December 2016

"Class Relations and Democratization: A Reassessment of Barrington Moore's Model"
Working Paper Number: 265
Published: March 1999

From Town Assemblies to Representative Democracy: The Building of Electoral Institutions in Nineteenth-Century Chile
Working Paper Number: 389
Published: December 2012

Transición por Redemocratización: El Frente Nacional Colombiano en una Reflexión Teórica y Comparativa
Working Paper Number: 380
Published: November 2011

Families, Welfare Institutions and Economic Development: Chile and Sweden an Comparative Perspective
Working Paper Number: 374
Published: January 2011

Social and Political Effects of Religiosity and Religious Identities in Latin America
Working Paper Number: 362
Published: December 2009

The Enduring Presence of Religion in Chilean Ideological Positionings and Voter Options
Working Paper Number: 336
Published: March 2007

"Labor Movements in Transitions to Democracy: A Framework for Analysis"
Working Paper Number: 104
Published: June 1988

"Situaciones: Micro-Escenas de la privatización de lo público en São Paulo"
Working Paper Number: 121
Published: May 1989