Conservative party-building in Latin America : authoritarian inheritance and counterrevolutionary struggle / James Loxton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loxton, James, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservatism--Latin America.

Conservatism.

Latin America--Politics and government--1980-.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Where do strong conservative parties come from? While there is a growing scholarly awareness about the importance of such parties for democratic stability, much less is known about their origins. In this groundbreaking book, James Loxton takes up this question by examining new conservative parties formed in Latin America between 1978 and 2010. The most successful cases, he finds, shared a surprising characteristic: they had deep roots in former dictatorships. Through a comparative analysis of failed and successful cases in Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, and Guatemala, Loxton argues that this was not a coincidence.

Contents:

Introduction : the puzzle of authoritarian origins and democratic success

A theory of conservative party-building

UDI : from military dictatorship to party-building in Chile

UCEDE : Argentina's long-sought mass conservative party?

ARENA : death squads and democratic success in El Salvador

PAN : making sense of a political suicide in Guatemala

Other attempts at conservative party-building in Latin America

Conclusion : party-building, authoritarian successor parties, and democracy.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-753755-3

0-19-753754-5

OCLC:

1252418527