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The fates of political parties : institutional crisis, continuity, and change in Latin America

Cyr, Jennifer, author

Overview

\"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 revitalizes the study of parties as complex entities that rely on a potentially diverse set of resources to remain active in politics. It demonstrates that parties can be remarkably enduring institutions; surviving and reviving parties represent instances of institutional stability. Where they endure, those parties can sustain competition and strengthen the democratic regime.\" --publisher's website.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Political parties Latin America. / Latin America Politics and government.
• ISBN: 9781107189799, 1107189799

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
JL969.A45 C97 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE