The Fates of Political Parties: Institutional Crisis, Continuity, and Change in Latin America
Jennifer Cyr
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Description for The Fates of Political Parties: Institutional Crisis, Continuity, and Change in Latin America
hardcover. This book shows how political parties in Latin America can survive and even revive after electoral crises. Num Pages: 282 pages, 10 b/w illus. 28 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPA; JPB; JPL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Political parties in the developing world often face serious electoral crises; from one election to the next, parties can be decisively voted out of national office. What happens to a party that experiences this kind of voter rejection? The literature suggests it will disappear, leaving the party system vulnerable to the inexperience of new political actors. The Fates of Political Parties offers a more nuanced perspective: focusing on a number of individual Latin American countries as well as the region as a whole, it identifies considerable variation regarding how parties survive and even revive after an electoral crisis. The book ... Read more
Political parties in the developing world often face serious electoral crises; from one election to the next, parties can be decisively voted out of national office. What happens to a party that experiences this kind of voter rejection? The literature suggests it will disappear, leaving the party system vulnerable to the inexperience of new political actors. The Fates of Political Parties offers a more nuanced perspective: focusing on a number of individual Latin American countries as well as the region as a whole, it identifies considerable variation regarding how parties survive and even revive after an electoral crisis. The book ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107189799
SKU
V9781107189799
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Ref
99-16
About Jennifer Cyr
Jennifer Cyr is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Latin American studies at the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on political representation, identity, and democratization in Latin America.
Reviews for The Fates of Political Parties: Institutional Crisis, Continuity, and Change in Latin America
'Why do some established parties survive or reinvent themselves while other parties disappear when party systems collapse? The Fates of Political Parties provides a compelling explanation to this important but understudied question. Jennifer Cyr carefully shows how high-cost organizational and ideational resources, such as party branches, militants, ideologies, and brands, shape the destiny of parties in crisis contexts. Rigorously argued ... Read more