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Social Media Adoption and Reach by Ecuadorian Local Governments: An Empirical Study
(Inderscience Publishers, 2023-01-01)
In this article, we present an empirical study about adoption and reach of Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube by Ecuadorian municipal governments. Data was collected from 55 social media profiles of municipal authorities in three provinces, representing 25% of all Ecuadorian cantons and 54% of the population. Determinants of adoption and reach were investigated by resorting to correlation, regression, and means comparison studies. We conclude that population size is a good predictor of reach in social media, but it is not relevant to explain early adoption. This may be the consequence of social media technology being inexpensive and simple to adopt, thus being accessible to any local authority, while making good use of it has more financial and administrative burdens and, consequently, is associated with bigger local authorities. Also, adoption may have been centrally driven and programmatically motivated, which would also explain the lesser relevance of population size for early adoption.
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Democratizing Urban Governance Through Mayoral Term Limits: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Reform in Chilean Municipalities
(Elsevier Ltd, 2023-09-01)
Term limits on elected mayors are often advocated because they eliminate the incumbency advantage and promote higher representativeness and citizen participation through a more open and reinvigorated electoral competition in local governments. We examine whether key dimensions of local democracy (election competitiveness, turnout, invalid voting, descriptive representation of women) are affected by the imposition of term limits. This article uses a quasi-experimental technique (difference-in-differences design) which leverages a unique and rare institutional reform in Chile that exogenously imposed term limits on some - but not all - mayors in 2020. The as-good-as random assignment of municipalities to either group allows to exploit comparisons which yield robust causal estimates. The overall contribution of term limits to local democracy has been positive because they promote electoral competition, the emergence of female candidates and voter participation, as well as reduce invalid voting rates.
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From Capital City to National Government: The Failure of the Peruvian Left
(Springer International Publishing, 2025-01-01)
In several Latin American countries, amid the so-called “left turn,” progressive forces forged, from the subnational level, a path that allowed them to gain legitimacy, accumulate political and executive experience, and reach the national government. In this context the Peruvian case is striking, as a deviant or negative case: Although Lima’s voters elected Susana Villarán —for the center-left Fuerza Social party— as mayor of Lima in 2010, her failure meant that the Peruvian Left could not follow a similar course to that which followed many other countries in the region. Here we argue that the failure of Villarán’s administration (2010–2014) is a consequence of the underestimation of her adversaries, overestimation of her political support and her administrative capabilities, and woeful political management expressed in a dearth of priorities. Villarán ended her term saddled with very low approval levels, a position of political isolation, a reputation for inefficiency, and estrangement from the popular sectors. Worse still, in 2019, Villarán admitted to having received illegal political financing from Brazilian construction companies during her administration, such that she ended up marked not only by the stigma of inefficiency but that of corruption too.
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Ballots make waves: the impact of elections on social media adoption by local governments
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025-01-01)
This study aims to investigate the impact of elections on social media adoption by local governments. Design/methodology/approach Local elections between 2007 and 2018, all 308 Portuguese municipalities and all 43 districts of the Lima metropolitan area (the capital city of Peru) were considered in the study. The impact of elections on each country was assessed by fitting a theoretical model to the social media adoption data (collected for Facebook, YouTube and Twitter). This theoretical model includes a normal curve (as predicted by the Diffusion of Innovation Theory) and negative exponential curves centered on the inauguration dates of the newly elected governments. Findings Results are impressive and consistent for both countries: following an initial period characterized by a normal adoption curve, there are notable surges in adoption associated with the inauguration dates of newly elected administrations. In a metaphorical sense, ballots make new waves of adoption. Research limitations/implications The findings suggest that researchers should take into account the influence of elections when examining how local governments adopt innovations. Practical implications The findings indicate that practitioners may find an opportunity to expedite the adoption of innovative communication technologies right after newly elected governments assume office. Additionally, election campaigns present a favorable occasion to demonstrate these innovations. Originality/value This is the first study to use non-linear optimizing techniques to explain the impact of elections on social media adoption by local governments.
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