This is the online social network for members of LASA's Political Institutions Section (LAPIS). The Political Institutions Section is dedicated to the study of the origins and effects of political parties, electoral systems, presidents, judiciaries, legislatures, the military and bureaucracies. We seek to understand how political actors – voters, elected officials, and bureaucrats – shape and are subsequently constrained by these democratic institutions. The Section seeks to develop links so that those working on similar issues can critique each other's work and collaborate on common projects. These links will also help us locate information sources and build databases.

Chair
Todd Eisenstadt, American University
Secretary-Treasurer
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, University of Pittsburgh
Council Members
Santiago Basabe, CIPEC
Felipe Botero, Universidad de los Andes
Miguel Centellas, University of Mississippi
Kirk Hawkins, Brigham Young University

Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA)
North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA
The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)