Bankrupt representation and party system collapse / Jana Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgan, Jana, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties.

Representative government and representation.

Comparative government.

Political parties--Case studies.

Representative government and representation--Case studies.

Political parties--Venezuela.

Venezuela.

Venezuela--Politics and government--1974-1999.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xx, 362 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2011]

Summary:

"Explores the phenomenon of party system collapse through a detailed examination of Venezuela's traumatic party system decay, as well as a comparative analysis of collapse in Bolivia, Colombia, and Argentina and survival in Argentina, India, Uruguay, and Belgium"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1. Understanding party system collapse: concepts and theory. Introduction: the catastrophe of collapse; what it looks like: system change, transformation, and collapse; theorizing collapse: challenges, constraints, and decaying linkage

Part 2. Linkage failure and Venezuelan collapse. The party system at its peak; policy unresponsiveness and ideological convergence; social transformation and failing group incorporation; resource shortages and clientelist excesses; linkage failure and mass exodus from the party system;

Part 3. Party system collapse and survival in comparative perspective. A comparative approach to analyzing party system collapse; bankrupt representation in Italy, Colombia, and Bolivia; survival tactics in Argentina, Belgium, Uruguay, and India; insights into collapse and its consequences.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-341) and index.

ISBN:

9780271050621

0271050624

OCLC:

711643389