Bankrupt representation and party system collapse / Jana Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgan, Jana, 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Case studies.

Political parties.

Political parties--Venezuela.

Representative government and representation--Case studies.

Representative government and representation.

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

Venezuela.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent decades, Bolivia, Colombia, Italy, and Venezuela have all faced the turmoil and democratic crisis of party system collapse. In Bankrupt Representation and Party System Collapse, Jana Morgan analyzes the causes of such collapse. She does so through a detailed examination of Venezuela’s traumatic party system decay as well as comparative analysis of seven other countries. Collapse occurs when the party system as a whole is unable to provide adequate linkage between society and the state, failing to furnish programmatic representation, integration of major societal interests, or clientelist exchanges. Linkage decays when party systems face challenges that jeopardize their core strategies at the same time that they are constrained in their ability to adapt and to confront these threats. If this decay is unchecked and linkage of all sorts fails, then the bankrupt party system collapses.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

PART 1 Understanding party system collapse: concepts and theory

1 Introduction: The Catastrophe of Collapse

2 What It Looks Like: System Change, Transformation, and Collapse

3 Theorizing Collapse: Challenges, Constraints, and Decaying Linkage

PART 2 Linkage failure and Venezuelan collapse

4 The Party System at Its Peak

5 Policy Unresponsiveness and Ideological Convergence

6 Social Transformation and Failing Group Incorporation

7 Resource Shortages and Clientelist Excesses

8 Linkage Failure and Mass Exodus from the Party System

PART 3 Party system collapse and survival in comparative perspective

9 A Comparative Approach to Analyzing Party System Collapse

10 Bankrupt Representation in Italy, Colombia, and Bolivia

11 Survival Tactics in Argentina, Belgium, Uruguay, and India

12 Insights into Collapse and Its Consequences

Appendixes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780271072289

0271072288

OCLC:

1262307192