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題名 The Representation of East Asia in Latin American Legislatures
作者 KIKUCHI, HIROKAZU
關鍵詞 Descriptive representation; substantive representation; political career; caucus; the “Twin Ocean Railroad” project
日期 2017-03
上傳時間 4-Dec-2017 17:22:58 (UTC+8)
摘要 What is the representation of East Asia in Latin American legislatures? Existing studies have focused on individual politicians of East Asian descent such as Alberto Fujimori, former president of Peru, but no systematic research has been done on the political representation of East Asia in Latin America. In order to fill this gap, this study analyzes the descriptive and substantive aspects of East Asian representation in Latin America. For the descriptive dimension, this article reviews the composition of legislators of East Asian descent in each Latin American country and finds that people of Japanese descent are “overrepresented” in the Peruvian and Argentine lower houses, while people of Korean and Chinese descent are underrepresented. Using the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies as an example, this study also reveals that deputies of East Asian descent differ from other deputies in terms of their political careers. As for the substantive dimension, this study focuses on Brazilian deputies’ responses to the Twin Ocean Railroad project, one of the largest Chinese infrastructure projects in Latin America. The statistical test performed in this study shows that the deputies tend to be members of the Brazil–Peru–China Pro-Twin Ocean Railroad Caucus if they are affiliated with the Brazil–Japan Caucus, if they are from a wealthier state, or if their performance in the last election was good. In addition, they are not likely to be members of the caucus if they are affiliated with the Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB), an important opposition party.
關聯 Issues & Studies,53(1), 1740005
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.1142/S1013251117400057
dc.creator (作者) KIKUCHI, HIROKAZUen_US
dc.date (日期) 2017-03
dc.date.accessioned 4-Dec-2017 17:22:58 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 4-Dec-2017 17:22:58 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 4-Dec-2017 17:22:58 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/114985-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) What is the representation of East Asia in Latin American legislatures? Existing studies have focused on individual politicians of East Asian descent such as Alberto Fujimori, former president of Peru, but no systematic research has been done on the political representation of East Asia in Latin America. In order to fill this gap, this study analyzes the descriptive and substantive aspects of East Asian representation in Latin America. For the descriptive dimension, this article reviews the composition of legislators of East Asian descent in each Latin American country and finds that people of Japanese descent are “overrepresented” in the Peruvian and Argentine lower houses, while people of Korean and Chinese descent are underrepresented. Using the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies as an example, this study also reveals that deputies of East Asian descent differ from other deputies in terms of their political careers. As for the substantive dimension, this study focuses on Brazilian deputies’ responses to the Twin Ocean Railroad project, one of the largest Chinese infrastructure projects in Latin America. The statistical test performed in this study shows that the deputies tend to be members of the Brazil–Peru–China Pro-Twin Ocean Railroad Caucus if they are affiliated with the Brazil–Japan Caucus, if they are from a wealthier state, or if their performance in the last election was good. In addition, they are not likely to be members of the caucus if they are affiliated with the Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB), an important opposition party.en_US
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dc.relation (關聯) Issues & Studies,53(1), 1740005en_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Descriptive representation; substantive representation; political career; caucus; the “Twin Ocean Railroad” projecten_US
dc.title (題名) The Representation of East Asia in Latin American Legislaturesen_US
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1142/S1013251117400057
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.1142/S1013251117400057