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Democracy against parties : the divergent fates of Latin America's New Left contenders / Brandon Van Dyck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Dyck, Brandon, author.
- Series:
- Pitt Latin American series.
- Pitt Latin American series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political parties--Latin America.
- Political parties.
- Political parties--Latin America--Case studies.
- New Left--Latin America.
- New Left.
- New Left--Latin America--Case studies.
- Latin America--Politics and government--21st century.
- Latin America.
- Latin America--Politics and government--21st century--Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Around the world, established parties are weakening, and new parties are failing to take root. In many cases, outsiders have risen and filled the void, posing a threat to democracy. Why do most new parties fail? Under what conditions do they survive and become long-term electoral fixtures? Brandon Van Dyck investigates these questions in the context of the contemporary Latin American left. He argues that stable parties are not an outgrowth of democracy. On the contrary, contemporary democracy impedes successful party building. To construct a durable party, elites must invest time and labor, and they must share power with activists. Because today's elites have access to party substitutes like mass media, they can win votes without making such sacrifices in time, labor, and autonomy. Only under conditions of soft authoritarianism do office-seeking elites have a strong electoral incentive to invest in party building. Van Dyck illustrates this argument through a comparative analysis of four new left parties in Latin America: two that collapsed and two that survived"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Why do some new parties survive, while others collapse?
- Democracy against parties : why some new parties collapse and others survive
- The electoral collapse of Argentina's FREPASO
- The fatal schism of Peru's United Left
- The survival of Brazil's Workers' Party
- The survival of Mexico's Party of the Democratic Revolution
- Shadow cases
- Alternative paths and theoretical implications.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780822946946
- 0822946947
- OCLC:
- 1274060274
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