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Overview

David Altman is affiliated with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Chile. Their work spans multiple disciplines with a primary focus on social sciences and medicine. Within social sciences, their research heavily involves political science and international relations as well as sociology and political science. In medicine, their interests include rheumatology, epidemiology, and dermatology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Politics and Society in Latin America
  • Turkey's Politics and Society
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes
  • International Development and Aid

David Altman has coauthored multiple publications with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Staffan I. Lindberg
  • José Villar
  • Aris T. Papageorghiou
  • Lisa Gastaldi
  • Eric O. Ohuma

Their recent publications encompass contributions mostly within the SSRN Electronic Journal and other notable venues like the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Significant papers include:

  • "V-Dem Codebook v11" (2021, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • "V-Dem Dataset v11.1" (2021, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • "Defiance in the Face of Autocratization. Democracy Report 2023" (2023, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • "V-Dem Codebook v14" (2024, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • "Fetal growth velocity standards from the Fetal Growth Longitudinal Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project" (2020, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology)

The scientist's publications frequently appear in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Peace Research
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Swiss Political Science Review
  • Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

David Altman's body of work reflects an interdisciplinary approach, intertwining social science methodologies and medical research to address topics ranging from democratic governance and political participation to clinical growth standards and eosinophilic syndromes.

Best Publications

  • Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: A New Approach

    Michael Coppedge;Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;David Altman;Michael Bernhard

  • Direct Democracy Worldwide

    David Altman

  • V-Dem Dataset V6.2

    Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Staffan I. I. Lindberg;Svend-Erik Skaaning

  • Assessing the Quality of Democracy: Freedom, Competitiveness and Participation in Eighteen Latin American Countries

    David Altman;Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

  • V-Dem Codebook V8

    Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Carl Henrik Knutsen;Staffan I. Lindberg

  • Uprooted but Stable: Chilean Parties and the Concept of Party System Institutionalization

    Juan Pablo Luna;David Altman

  • The Politics of Coalition Formation and Survival in Multiparty Presidential Democracies The Case of Uruguay, 1989-1999

    David Altman

  • V-Dem Codebook V10

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  • V-Dem Dataset v7

    Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Carl Henrik Knutsen;Staffan I. Lindberg

  • V-Dem Dataset v11.1

    Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Carl Henrik Knutsen;Staffan I. Lindberg

  • La institucionalización de la ciencia política en Chile y América Latina: una mirada desde el sur

    David Altman

  • Democracia directa en el continente americano: ¿autolegitimación gubernamental o censura ciudadana?

    David Altman

  • Redibujando el mapa electoral chileno: incidencia de factores socioeconómicos y género en las urnas

    David Altman

  • Plebiscitos, referendos e iniciativas populares en América Latina: ¿mecanismos de control político o políticamente controlados?

    David Altman

  • Re-election and political career paths in the Uruguayan Congress, 1985–99

    David Altman;Daniel Chasquetti

  • Partidos y sistemas de partidos en América Latina: Aproximaciones desde la encuesta a expertos 2009

    David Altman;Juan Pablo Luna;Rafael Piñeiro;Sergio Toro

  • Popular initiatives in Uruguay: confidence votes on government or political loyalties?

    David Altman

  • Determinants of Equitable Social Policy in Latin America (1990–2013)

    David Altman;Rossana Castiglioni

  • The Potential of Direct Democracy: A Global Measure (1900–2014)

    David Altman

  • When and where do elections matter? A global test of the democratization by elections hypothesis, 1900–2010

    Amanda B. Edgell;Valeriya Mechkova;David Altman;Michael Bernhard

  • Where is Knowledge Generated? On the Productivity and Impact of Political Science Departments in Latin America

    David Altman

  • Varieties of Democracy: Measuring Two Centuries of Political Change

    Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Adam Glynn;Carl Henrik Knutsen

  • Prospects for E-Government in Latin America: Satisfaction With Democracy, Social Accountability, and Direct Democracy

    David Altman

  • An interactive model of democratic peace

    David Altman;Federico Rojas-de-Galarreta;Francisco Urdinez

  • Democratic Institutions and Subjective Well-Being:

    David Altman;Patrick Flavin;Benjamin Radcliff

  • Bringing direct democracy back in: toward a three-dimensional measure of democracy

    David Altman

  • Citizenship and Contemporary Direct Democracy

    David Altman

  • The politics of market reform in fragile democracies: Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela: Princeton: Princeton university press, 2002 by kurt weyland, 360 pages hardcover $49.50

    David Altman

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey K. Staton
Jeffrey K. Staton Emory University
Staffan I. Lindberg
Staffan I. Lindberg University of Gothenburg
John Gerring
John Gerring The University of Texas at Austin
Jan Teorell
Jan Teorell Stockholm University
Svend-Erik Skaaning
Svend-Erik Skaaning Aarhus University
Pamela Paxton
Pamela Paxton The University of Texas at Austin
M. Steven Fish
M. Steven Fish University of California, Berkeley
Daniel Ziblatt
Daniel Ziblatt Harvard University
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán University of Notre Dame
Aksel Sundström
Aksel Sundström University of Gothenburg

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