David Altman received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Notre Dame (2001) and is Professor of Political Science at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He is also the Editor of Revista de Ciencia Política.  Born in Uruguay, he works on comparative politics with an emphasis on the quality of democratic institutions, mechanisms of direct democracy, and executive-legislative relations. He is an Associate Researcher for the Uruguayan National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII), was the winner of a Junior Post-Doctoral Scholars in the Study of Democracy Competition of the Woodrow Wilson Center and the Ford Foundation, and has previously held a Fulbright-LASPAU fellowship. He also was Guest Research Assistant Professor at the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. His recent work has appeared in Electoral Studies, Party Politics, Democratization, the Journal of Legislative Studies, Swiss Political Science Review, Journal of Developing Economies, among others. He is the author of Direct Democracy Worldwide (Cambridge University Press, 2011). His current research extends his work on direct democracy by looking at the policy consequences of citizen participation through popular initiatives and referendums. 

 

David Altman posee un doctorado en Ciencia Política por la Universidad de Notre Dame (2001) y es Profesor Titular del Instituto de Ciencia Política de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. También es el editor de Revista de Ciencia Política. Nacido en Uruguay, trabaja en política comparada, con énfasis en la calidad de las instituciones democráticas, los mecanismos de democracia directa, y las relaciones ejecutivo-legislativo. Es Investigador Asociado de la Agencia Nacional para la Investigación e Innovación de Uruguay (ANII), fue beneficiario de una Beca Post-Doctoral sobre el Estudio de la Democracia del Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars y la Fundación Ford y previamente obtuvo la beca Fulbright-LASPAU. Fue Guest Research Assistant Professor en el Instituto Helen Kellogg de Estudios Internacionales. Su reciente trabajo ha sido publicado en Electoral Studies, Party Politics, Democratization, The Journal of Legislative Studies, Swiss Political Science Review, Canadian Journal of Political Science, PS-Political Science and Politics, Journal of Developing Economies, International Review of Public Administration, entre otros. Es el autor de Direct Democracy Worldwide (Cambridge University Press, 2011). Su investigación actual extiende su investigación sobre democracia directa analizando las consecuencias políticas de la participación ciudadana a través de iniciativas populares y referéndums.

Instituto de Ciencia Política; Campus Sán Joaquín;  Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Av. Vicuña Makenna 4860 Santiago, Chile Tel: +56-2-354-7819. daltman@uc.cl

David Altman