Challenges of Party-Building in Latin America
Cambridge University Press, 10/13/2016
EAN 9781107145948, ISBN10: 1107145945
Hardcover, 574 pages, 22.8 x 15.2 x 4 cm
Language: English
Nearly four decades since the onset of the third wave, political parties remain weak in Latin America: parties have collapsed in much of the region, and most new party-building efforts have failed. Why do some new parties succeed while most fail? This book challenges the widespread belief that democracy and elections naturally give rise to strong parties and argues that successful party-building is more likely to occur under conditions of intense conflict than under routine democracy. Periods of revolution, civil war, populist mobilization, or authoritarian repression crystallize partisan attachments, create incentives for organization-building, and generate a 'higher cause' that attracts committed activists. Empirically rich chapters cover diverse cases from across Latin America, including both successful and failed cases.
1. Introduction
challenges of party-building in Latin America Steven Levitsky, James Loxton and Brandon Van Dyck
Part I. Party-Voter Linkages and Challenges of Brand-Building
2. Historical timing, political cleavages, and party-building in Latin America Kenneth M. Roberts
3. Building party brands in Argentina and Brazil Noam Lupu
4. Segmented party–voter linkages
the success of Chile's Independent Democratic Union and Uruguay's Broad Front Juan Pablo Luna
Part II. Challenges of Organization-Building
5. The paradox of adversity
New Left party survival and collapse in Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina Brandon Van Dyck
6. The niche party
authoritarian regime legacies and party-building in new democracies Kenneth F. Greene
7. Patronage, subnational linkages, and party-building
the cases of Colombia and Peru Paula Muñoz and Eduardo Dargent
8. Money for nothing? Public financing and party-building in Latin America Kathleen Bruhn
Part III. Organizational Inheritance
Alternative Platforms for Party-Building
9. Authoritarian successor parties and the New Right in Latin America James Loxton
10. Insurgent successor parties
scaling down to build a party after war Alisha C. Holland
11. Obstacles to ethnic parties in Latin America Raúl L. Madrid
12. Party-building in Brazil
the rise of the PT in perspective David Samuels and Cesar Zucco, Jr
13. The organizational foundations of corporation-based parties William T. Barndt
Part IV. Failed Cases (and a Future One)
14. Challenges of party-building in the Bolivian East Kent Eaton
15. Why no party-building in Peru? Steven Levitsky and Mauricio Zavaleta
16. Past the proof moment
Cuba's future political parties Jorge I. DomÃÂnguez
17. Conclusions
Latin American parties, past and present Jorge I. DomÃÂnguez.