@article {Altman:2005:1357-2334:235,
title = "Re-election and political career paths in the Uruguayan Congress, 198599",
journal = "Journal of Legislative Studies",
parent_itemid = "infobike://routledg/jls",
publishercode ="routledg",
year = "2005",
volume = "11",
number = "2",
publication date ="2005-03-01T00:00:00",
pages = "235-253",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1357-2334",
eissn = "1743-9337",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/jls/2005/00000011/00000002/art00005",
doi = "doi:10.1080/13572330500158656",
author = "Altman, David and Chasquetti, Daniel",
abstract = "Given the presumed marginal or at best the rubber-stamp legitimising' character of Latin American legislatures, they have escaped careful scrutiny'. Even in cases where legislatures are supposed to play a much more significant role than the continental average, such as Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay, knowledge of legislative politics is still far from conclusive. This article studies re-election patterns of legislators in Uruguay during the four post-authoritarian elections. During these elections in Uruguay, we observed a decreasing but still high rate of turnover of legislators. These high rates of legislative turnover are affected by a significant number of legislators who do not seek re-election. While inter-party electoral volatility strongly influences the rates of incumbent re-election, intra-party volatility does not seem to have an impact on this phenomenon. Lastly, the closed and blocked lists in conjunction with the Uruguayan multiple simultaneous vote, and the fact that a legislator belongs to the Senate, are additional institutional features that help to explain the turnover and incumbent re-election in the legislature.",
}