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Title: Democracy Against Parties
Condition: New
Subtitle: The Divergent Fates of Latin America’s New Left Contenders
ISBN-10: 0822946947
EAN: 9780822946946
ISBN: 9780822946946
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Format: Hardback
Release Date: 28/12/2021
Description: 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.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 229mm
Item Length: 152mm
Author: Brandon Van Dyck
Genre: Law & Politics
Book Series: Pitt Latin American Series
Release Year: 2021

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