Origins of the mass party : dispossession and the party-form in Mexico and Bolivia in comparative perspective / Edwin F. Ackerman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ackerman, Edwin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--Bolivia--History.

Political parties.

Political parties--Mexico--History.

Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (Bolivia).

Partido Revolucionario Institucional.

Mexico--Politics and government--1910-1946.

Mexico.

Bolivia--Politics and government--1952-1982.

Bolivia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

How and why did parties emerge historically? In Origin of the Mass Party, Edwin F. Ackerman develops a theory about the emergence of the party as a type of political organization through a careful comparison between the scenarios in post-revolutionary Mexico and Bolivia, and includes a chapter as well on iconic Western European mass parties.

Contents:

Cover

Half title

Origins of the Mass Party

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I: THEORIES OF PARTY FORMATION

1. Mexico and Bolivia in Comparative Perspective and the Sociology of Party Formation

2. Dispossession and the Mass Party

PART II: MEXICO AND BOLIVIA IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

3. The Emergence of the PRI in Mexico

4. The Failure of Party Formation in Bolivia

PART III: BROADER IMPLICATIONS

5. Dispossession and Party Formation in Broader Comparative Perspective: Germany's SPD and the (Absent) British Labour Party

Conclusion

Appendix

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-757652-4

0-19-757653-2

0-19-757651-6

OCLC:

1277138915