2013 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Parties for Hire: Non-Programmatic Parties in Coalitional Politics
| Project/Area Number |
25885083
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-08-30 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | Comparative Politics / Political Parties / Coalitions / Elections / Accountability / Latin America |
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| Research Abstract |
My work was published in /Political Communications/ in January of 2014 and in the journal of /Latin American Politics and Society/ in December 2013. Another article has been published by /Party Politics/ as Online First, but this should come out in print in FY 2014.
Also, during FY 2013, I expanded my dataset on Latin American political parties and coalitions to include 12 countries through 2013, and carried out statistical analyses of these data. I presented preliminary results of this research at the American Political Science Association annual meeting in September 2013. I subsequently revised the analyses and edited related manuscripts. I traveled to Rio de Janeiro in February 2014 for research collaboration and consultation.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The research is largely progressing as expected. However, I would have liked to have had an article accepted for publication during the 2013 fiscal year. Unfortunately a paper was not accepted. However, I have revised one paper and it is currently under review at another journal. In addition, I am working on two other papers that I hope to send out for review very soon.
As for the book project, realistically, I will not have a complete manuscript by the end of 2014, as I had originally proposed. I would like to have the book under contract this year, but I may not complete it until 2015.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
During the next year (FY 2014), I will continue to collect and compile data, and I will carry out quantitative analyses of these data focusing on quantities of interest in Latin America such as political parties’ electoral coalition formation; political parties’ government participation, cabinet representation, and duration in government; and various measures of government accountability. I will situate my research findings within the political science literature on government coalitions and opposition parties in multiparty systems in other world regions (e.g. Europe, Japan). I will submit three article-length manuscripts and continue writing on the book project.
Additionally, I will engage in research collaboration in August, when I will travel to the United States. I will also present my research at the American Political Science Association conference, and meet with book publishers there as well.
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