From movements to parties in Latin America : the evolution of ethnic politics / / Donna Lee Van Cott [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457584503321
• Autore: Van Cott Donna Lee
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2005
• ISBN: 1-107-15521-5; 0-511-14077-0; 0-511-13914-4; 0-511-30889-2; 0-511-75611-9; 0-511-14000-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxii, 276 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 324.2/089/98
• Soggetti: Political parties - Latin America; Indians of South America - Politics and government; Latin America Ethnic relations Political aspects; Latin America Politics and government 1980-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-270) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : toward a comprehensive theory of ethnic party formation and performance -- Institutions, party systems, and social movements -- "A reflection of our motley reality" : Bolivian Indians' slow path to political representation -- "We are the government" : Pachakutik's rapid ascent to national power -- "It is not a priority" : the failure to form viable ethnic parties in Peru -- Argentina, Colombia, and Venezuela : unlikely cases of ethnic party formation and success -- Conclusions and implications.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a detailed treatment of an important topic that has received no scholarly attention: the surprising transformation of indigenous peoples' movements into viable political parties in the 1990s in four Latin American countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) and their failure to succeed in two others (Argentina, Peru). The parties studied are crucial components of major trends in the ; region. By providing to voters clear programs for governing, and reaching out in particular to under-represented social groups, they have enhanced the quality of democracy and representative government. Based on extensive original research and detailed historical case studies, the book links historical institutional analysis and social movement theory to a study of the political systems in which the new ethnic cleavages emerged. The book concludes with a discussion of the implications for democracy of the emergence of this phenomenon in the context of declining public support for parties.