LAPOP - Latin American Public Opinion Project
free download dataset (SPSS)codebook (pdf) download study:  Deepening Our Understanding of the Effects of US Foreign Assistance on Democracy Building Final Report Foreign Assistance on Democracy Building Final Report by  Steven E. Finkel, University of Pittsburgh and Hertie School of Governance (Berlin),  Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, University of Pittsburgh, Mitchell A. Seligson, Vanderbilt University and C. Neal Tate, Vanderbilt University 
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Impact of USAID on democracy
 
 Professor Elizabeth Zechmeister (Ph.D. Duke University) named as Assistant Director of LAPOP, beginning in the Fall, 2008.
 LAPOP is now an official “University Affiliate” of the Council of American Survey Research Organizations (
CASRO)
 
 (Click image to enalarge)  MORE PHOTOS: LAPOP Researchers meet in San Salvador to plan AmericasBarometer 2008

 For Vanderbilt current sutdents, faculty and staff: LAPOP is a 
Data Repository  of the project Élites parlamentarias en América Latina  of the Instituto Interuniversitario de Iberoamérica, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain.

 

New studies in English
Nuevos estudios en Español
 Democracy Audit: Ecuador, 2006.pdf
 Democracy Audit: Bolivia, 2006.pdf
 Political Culture of Democracy in Mexico: 2006.pdf 
 Political Culture of Democracy in Dominican Republic: 2006.pdf  
 Political Culture of Democracy in Costa Rica 2006.pdf   
 Political Culture of Democracy in Panama: 2006.pdf 
 Political Culture of Democracy in Peru: 2006.pdf 
 Political Culture of Democracy in Guatemala: 2006.pdf 
 Political Culture of Democracy Colombia 2006.pdf 
 Political Culture of Democracy El Salvador 2006.pdf 
 Political Culture of Democracy in Jamaica 2006.pdf   
 Political Culture of Democracy in Haiti 2006.pdf   
 Political Culture of Democracy in Nicaragua 2006.pdf
  • The Rise of Populism and the Left in Latin America,” Journal of Democracy, Volume 18, No. 3 (July, 2007), pp. 81-95.  Reprinted and translated into Korean, in The Freedom Review, (No. 8), 2007, pp. 137-143
  •  Auditoria de la democracia: Ecuador 2006.pdf 
     
    Auditoria de la Democracia: Informe Bolivia 2006.pdf 
     Cultura politica de la democracia en Mexico: 2006 
     Cultura plitica de la democracia en Republica Dominicana: 2006 
     Cultura politica de la democracia en Costa Rica: 2006. pdf 
     Cultura politica y gobernabilidad en Paraguay 2006. pdf 
     Cultura politica de la democracia en Panama: 2006.pdf 
     Cultura politica de la democracia en Peru: 2006.pdf 
     Cultura Politica de la democracia en Honduras: 2006.pdf 
     Cultura politica de la democracia en Guatemala, 2006.pdf
     Cultura politica de la democracia en Colombia, 2006.pdf 
     Cultura Politica de la democracia en Chile: 2006.pdf  
     Cultura Politica de la democracia en El Salvador: 2006.pdf  
     Cultura Politica de la democracia en Nicaragua: 2006.pdf



    Click on any of the countries to browse publications, technical information and questionnaires. 
    Note: If the map is not clickable in your browser, please use the links below the map to access the documents.



     ALBANIA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CANADA, CHILE, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,
     
    ECUADOR, GUATEMALAGUYANA, HAITI, HONDURAS, ISRAEL, JAMAICAMADAGASCARMEXICO,
     
    NICARAGUA, PANAMA, PARAGUAY, PERU, EL SALVADOR, UNITED STATESURUGUAY, VENEZUELA 

    ALBANIA CANADA HAITI DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JAMAICA PANAMA GUYANA MEXICO UNITED STATES CHILE BOLIVIA PARAGUAY URUGUAY BRASIL EL SALVADOR GUATEMALA HONDURAS NICARAGUA COSTA RICA COLOMBIA PERU VENEZUELA ISRAEL ECUADOR MADAGASCAR
    Map modified based on map courtesy of www.theodora.com/maps used with permission.


    For more information, please contact Mitchell A. Seligson.
    LAPOP, Latin American Public Opinion Project. 2004-2008. Last updated JULY 2008.