Presidential Personalities and Constitutional Power Grabs in Latin America, 1945-2021 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780197832783)

Ignacio Arana Araya is an Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy and Technology (CMIST) at Carnegie Mellon University. He studies how the personality traits and other individual differences of national leaders impact executive governance. His research also examines the effect of political institutions, especially in Latin America. He has published in leading journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, Political Psychology, and Democratization. He is part of the Democratic Erosion consortium, Chile's country expert for Freedom House since 2016, a columnist for latinoamerica21.com, and runs www.ignacioarana.org and https: //latinos-pittsburgh.com.