UID:
almafu_9959231438102883
Format:
1 online resource (xviii, 392 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-20304-X
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1-282-63150-0
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9786612631504
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0-511-75031-5
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0-511-74881-7
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0-511-74301-7
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0-511-74955-4
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0-511-74194-4
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0-511-74409-9
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Content:
Political parties provide a crucial link between voters and politicians. This link takes a variety of forms in democratic regimes, from the organization of political machines built around clientelistic networks to the establishment of sophisticated programmatic parties. Latin American Party Systems provides a novel theoretical argument to account for differences in the degree to which political party systems in the region were programmatically structured at the end of the twentieth century. Based on a diverse array of indicators and surveys of party legislators and public opinion, the book argues that learning and adaptation through fundamental policy innovations are the main mechanisms by which politicians build programmatic parties. Marshalling extensive evidence, the book's analysis shows the limits of alternative explanations and substantiates a sanguine view of programmatic competition, nevertheless recognizing that this form of party system organization is far from ubiquitous and enduring in Latin America.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Preface; Introduction; 1 Patterns of Programmatic Party Competition in Latin America; Nature and significance of programmatic linkages and party system structuration; The conditionality of programmatic partisan competition; The general argument applied to latin america; The substantive argument in brief; PART I Describing Programmatic Structuration; Empirical indicators of programmatic party competition; 2 Issues, Ideologies, and Partisan Divides: Imprints of Programmatic Structure on Latin American Legislatures
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3 Left-Right Semantics as a Facilitator of Programmatic Structuration4 Political Representation in Latin America; 5 Ideological Cohesion of Political Parties in Latin America; PART II Causes and Correlates of Programmatic Party System Structuration; 6 Long-Term Influences on the Structuring of Latin American Party Systems; 7 Democratic Politics and Political Economy since the 1980s; 8 Programmatic Structuration around Religion and Political Regime; 9 Programmatic Structuration and Democratic Performance; 10 Conclusion; Appendix A: Description of Variables, Data Issues, and Research Design
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Selection issuesData issues; Conclusion; Appendix B: List of Variables; Appendix C: English Translation of Relevant Portions of the Salamanca Survey; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-13266-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-11495-0
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
URL:
Volltext
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511750311
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