Open research questions in Venezuelan Migration and Society
88 gap statements mined from Venezuelan Migration and Society papers in our 4.5M-paper local library, which holds 1,483 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.
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What the literature leaves open
The vulnerability to and epidemiology of blood-borne viruses causing chronic infections like human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and hepatitis B and C viruses (HBV, HCV) in incoming migrants at the Colombian border remain uncertain, which we aimed to elucidate.
Burden of HIV and hepatitis B and C viruses in incoming Venezuelan migrants at the Colombian border: a laboratory-based cross-sectional study, 2021–2023 · 2026 · DOIThe paper identifies a gap in the understanding of how psychological distress has increasingly been understood and managed in medical terms. The study highlights the need for a more nuanced understanding of the expansion of medical jurisdiction in everyday life.
From the asylum to primary care: problematisation and re-problematisations in the making of formal mental health care in Chile · 2026 · DOIFuture research can explore the evolution of social entrepreneurship in other contexts, including other countries and regions. Future research can examine the impact of social entrepreneurship on societal challenges, such as poverty and inequality.
The ideological underpinnings of social entrepreneurship remain underexplored, particularly outside of the Global North. There is a need to understand how social entrepreneurship evolves over time and how it is shaped by different ideologies.
Further research can explore the implications of the 'coastal route' of Chilean neoliberalism for economic development and policies. The study's findings can inform future research on the complex nature of neoliberalism and its local and transnational networks.
The Coastal Route of Chilean Neoliberalism: Pedro Ibáñez Ojeda, the Mont Pelerin Society and the 1981 Regional Meeting · 2025 · DOIThe prevailing assumptions about neoliberalism as a North-South or purely local phenomenon are challenged by the study. The 'coastal route' of Chilean neoliberalism is a gap in the existing literature on neoliberalism.
The Coastal Route of Chilean Neoliberalism: Pedro Ibáñez Ojeda, the Mont Pelerin Society and the 1981 Regional Meeting · 2025 · DOIShould we therefore see the Chile students' protests as an Occupy-type protest? By analyzing the main interpretations over the movement, this article argues that the Occupy label is insufficient to understand the specificity of the conflict.
Future research could explore the impact of the dictatorship's policies on different socioeconomic groups in Chile. The study's findings could be used to inform policies aimed at promoting more equitable access to urban land and addressing the country's housing problem.
The study highlights the need for a democratic transition in Chile and the importance of addressing the country's housing problem.
The paper also identifies a need for increased lucidity in the diagnosis of social reality and recognition of the relative efficacy of individual treatment without corresponding changes occurring at the social level.
The lack of attention to the role of music in the struggle for freedom in Chile, - The need to explore the experiences of artists and musicians under oppressive regimes.
The Allende administration's efforts to organize women through the Social Welfare Committee had limited success. The paper identifies challenges in developing effective and inclusive agrarian reform policies that support women's participation.
The paper is based on a specific case study and may not be generalizable to other contexts. The analysis is limited to the period from 1964-1973 and may not reflect changes or developments after this period.
The study notes that prior work has not fully explained the historical roots and multi-level nature of protests.
Defining and Explaining Modes of Protesting: A Comparative-Historical Analysis of Argentina and Chile · 2025 · DOIThe case sheds light on a rarely explored dimension of social revolts: the way certain actors collectively experience these critical events through a politics of care, bringing the polis into the domestic space, and from such politicization of the oikos, opens an unusual way of challenging the police order of their world.
The opposition parties are divided over the most appropriate means to achieve a peaceful transition to democracy. Pinochet's refusal to compromise may lead to further instability in Chile. The Church's new approach to church-state relations may be met with resistance from the government.
The existing literature does not fully capture the development of a new model of Church and the role of basic communities.
The administration plans for social and economic reform are intended to strengthen democracy.
The study identifies a gap in understanding the role of emotions in social participation to confront hydroelectric projects. The research seeks to promote scientific cooperation on social participation, emotions, and environmental conflicts.
The Power of Emotions and the Affective Engagement in Social Participation to Confront a Hydroelectric Project in Chile · 2026 · DOIThe uprising was characterized by its decentralized origin, - The event was marked by unusual levels of violence, - There is a lack of understanding about the origin…
Revisiting the Chilean Social Uprising: Explanations, Interpretations, and Over-Interpretations · 2025 · DOIThere is a lack of understanding about the origin of the uprising, - There is a lack of knowledge about how different social identities form, consolidate…
Revisiting the Chilean Social Uprising: Explanations, Interpretations, and Over-Interpretations · 2025 · DOIThe need to examine the internal contradictions and weaknesses of the left-wing block leading the revolutionary process, - The need to provide new insight into the difficulties confronting the Allende…
Book Review: The Revolution Disarmed: Chile 1970-73, by G. Smirnov, New York: Monthly Review Press, 1979 · 1984 · DOIThe paper identifies a gap in understanding the role of personalistic leadership in Latin American politics, - The CFP's experience highlights the need for further research on the impact of charismatic leadership on populist…
Further development of the general methodology of social work. Application of the general methodology to other social work contexts. Investigation of the effectiveness of social work intervention at the microsocial level.
Further study of the role of music in social movements and resistance, - Examination of the impact of repression on artistic expression and cultural identity.
Most-cited papers in Venezuelan Migration and Society
- The Application of Participatory Action-Research in Latin America · International Sociology · 1987 · 415 citations
- Anonymity, reciprocity, and conformity: Evidence from voluntary contributions to a national park in Costa Rica · Journal of Public Economics · 2007 · 321 citations
- The Social Media Basis of Youth Protest Behavior: The Case of Chile · Journal of Communication · 2012 · 287 citations
- From Clientelism to Cooperation: Local Government, Participatory Policy, and Civic Organizing in Porto Alegre, Brazil · Politics & Society · 1998 · 183 citations
- No water in the oasis: the Chilean Spring of 2019–2020 · Social movement studies · 2020 · 174 citations
- Democracy without Parties? Political Parties and Regime Change in Fujimori's Peru · Latin American Politics and Society · 2003 · 155 citations
- Bringing water markets down to earth: The political economy of water rights in Chile, 1976–1995 · World Development · 1997 · 153 citations
- Women against the state: Political opportunities and collective action frames in chile's transition to democracy · Sociological Forum · 1995 · 145 citations
- WOMEN'S SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN LATIN AMERICA · Gender & Society · 1990 · 140 citations
- Gated Communities in Santiago: Wall or Frontier? · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research · 2004 · 133 citations
Most recent work
- Venezuela: health beyond the political turmoil · The Lancet · 2026
- Venezuela's health system: when force meets fragility · The Lancet · 2026
- Introduction: Participatory Democracy and The Taming of Protest Movements In Chile · Latin American Perspectives · 2026
- Where the bullet lands: violence, motherhood and the uneven terrain of citizenship in Chile · Identities · 2026
- Legislative cohesion in party groups in the constitutional convention in Chile, 2021–2022 · Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Revue canadienne des études latino-américaines et caraïbes · 2026
- From the asylum to primary care: problematisation and re-problematisations in the making of formal mental health care in Chile · Social Theory & Health · 2026
- Plurinationality as an empty signifier in the Chilean constitutional convention of 2021–2022: recognition of difference and construction of the common · Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies · 2026
- Intercultural bargaining: Indigenous strategies in formal settings in Chile · Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies · 2026
- Racismo, afrodescendencia y exclusión política: una conversación con Milene Molina frente al proceso constituyente en Chile · Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies · 2026
- From anti-feminism to male appropriation: media intellectuals’ reactions to the feminist revolt in Chile (2018) · American Journal of Cultural Sociology · 2026
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