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Changing Course in Latin America: Party Systems in the Neoliberal Era
Kenneth M. Roberts
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Description for Changing Course in Latin America: Party Systems in the Neoliberal Era
paperback. This book explores the impact of economic crises and free-market reforms on party systems and political representation in contemporary Latin America. Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14 b/w illus. 37 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JM; JPL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 534.
This book explores the impact of economic crises and free-market reforms on party systems and political representation in contemporary Latin America. It explains why some patterns of market reform align and stabilize party systems, whereas other patterns of reform leave party systems vulnerable to widespread social protest and electoral instability. In contrast to other works on the topic, this book accounts for both the institutionalization and the breakdown of party systems, and it explains why Latin America turned to the Left politically in the aftermath of the market-reform process. Ultimately, it explains why this 'left turn' was more radical in ... Read more
This book explores the impact of economic crises and free-market reforms on party systems and political representation in contemporary Latin America. It explains why some patterns of market reform align and stabilize party systems, whereas other patterns of reform leave party systems vulnerable to widespread social protest and electoral instability. In contrast to other works on the topic, this book accounts for both the institutionalization and the breakdown of party systems, and it explains why Latin America turned to the Left politically in the aftermath of the market-reform process. Ultimately, it explains why this 'left turn' was more radical in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521673266
SKU
V9780521673266
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About Kenneth M. Roberts
Kenneth M. Roberts is Professor of Government at Cornell University. He is the author of Deepening Democracy?: The Modern Left and Social Movements in Chile and Peru (1998). Roberts is the co-editor of The Diffusion of Social Movements: Actors, Mechanisms, and Political Effects (Cambridge, 2010) and The Resurgence of the Latin American Left (2011). His articles have appeared in the ... Read more
Reviews for Changing Course in Latin America: Party Systems in the Neoliberal Era
'Kenneth M. Roberts's book provides an outstanding synthetic argument about the impact of the convulsive period of market liberalization on party systems in Latin America, providing a nuanced answer to the question of why this critical juncture generated distinct legacies in some countries and not others. Its perspective will be central to scholarly debates regarding the causes and consequences of ... Read more