Associate professor of Sociology at the University of Salamanca
Associate professor of Sociology at the University of Salamanca
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I primarily research electoral systems and comparative politics. I write essays on various topics related to culture and society. I have worked as a professional sociologist at the CIS, INAP, and Moncloa, and I maintain an interest in surveys and public opinion. I co-edit the blog for political and social analysis Piedras de Papel and I am co-director of the Report on Democracy in Spain.
You can navigate to the academic material in English on this page; my essays, texts about Spanish politics, and part of my research are in Spanish.
Investigo especialmente sobre sistemas electorales y política comparada. Escribo ensayos sobre temas diversos de cultura y sociedad. He trabajado como sociólogo profesional en el CIS, el INAP y la Moncloa, y conservo interés por las encuestas y la opinión pública. Soy miembro y coeditor del blog de análisis político y social Piedras de Papel y coodirector del Informe sobre la Democracia en España.
2024. (with Sergio Velasco). “Authoritarian personalism, institutional constraints, and plebiscitary rule”. Acta Politica. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41269-024-00367-1
2024 (with Araceli Mateos and Ester Bejarano). “Encuestas controladas por cuotas: una aproximación empírica a su error total” Revista Mexicana de Opinión Pública 37: 95-114. https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.24484911e.2024.37.88626
2024 (with José Manuel Pavía) “An ecological inference approach to the origins of proportional representation.” Social Science Information, 63(2), 168-192. https://doi.org/10.1177/05390184241250179 PDF
2024 (with Sergio Velasco) “The Effect of Referendums on Autocratic Survival: Running Alone and Not Finishing Second”. Government and Opposition. 59(2):405-424 https://doi.org/10.1017/gov.2023.31
2009. (with Gonzalo Fernández-de-Córdoba) “Institutionalizing Uncertainty: The Choice of Electoral Formulas” Public Choice 141: 391-403. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-009-9460-9 - -Preprint -- Working Paper at IEF -- JSTOR
2008. “Choosing Rules for Government: The Institutional Preferences of Early Socialist Parties”. Pp 202-46 in Controlling Governments: Voters, Institutions and Accountability, eds. José María Maravall & Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca. New York: Cambridge University Press. Link to CUP // Preprint at Juan March
2007. “Thresholds and Bounds for Divisor and Quota Methods of Apportionment” Instituto Juan March, Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Ciencias Sociales. Estudio/Working Paper 2007/234.
"Filosofía catastrófica" Letras Libres 282, marzo 2025. html pdf
“Unamuno y la política: de la pluma a la palabra” Letras Libres 277, octubre 2024. html pdf
“Lenguaje, verdad y miedo” Letras Libres 274, julio 2024. html pdf
“Barroco filipino” Letras Libres 271, abril 2024. html pdf
“El lugar del CIS en la democracia y la ciencia” Letras Libres 270, marzo 2024. html pdf
“El sacrificio del Dr. Rizal” Letras Libres 246, febrero 2022 html pdf
“Lenguas sagradas y lengua propia” Letras Libres 240, septiembre 2021 html pdf
“Sociología y literatura: invitación a una amistad” Letras Libres 213, junio 2019 html pdf
“La invención del referéndum” Letras Libres 206 noviembre 2018 html pdf
PhD Political Science, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and juan March Institute (doctor-fellow), MA Social Science, Juan March Institute, MPhil Political Theory & Philosophy, University of Glasgow, Licenciado (BA) Philosophy, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Born in Tomelloso in 1966. I live in Madrid and winter in Salamanca.