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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      11 October 2016
      13 October 2016
      ISBN:
      9781316550564
      9781107145948
      9781316601402
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316550564
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.01kg, 574 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.85kg, 574 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Latin American Studies, Politics and International Relations, Latin American Government, Politics and Policy, Comparative Politics
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, Latin American Studies, Politics and International Relations, Latin American Government, Politics and Policy, Comparative Politics
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    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.

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    '[Challenges of Party-Building in Latin America] enhances knowledge about conditions for successful party-building in an era of great challenges to that enterprise. The authors include an attractive mix of distinguished senior scholars and excellent younger colleagues. … Most of the chapters are very good and the best are outstanding.'

    Scott Mainwaring Source: ReVista

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