04906nam 2200697 450 991081994450332120230124192619.00-268-09050-5(CKB)3710000000055650(EBL)3441148(SSID)ssj0001053542(PQKBManifestationID)11629894(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001053542(PQKBWorkID)11114614(PQKB)10747288(MiAaPQ)EBC3441148(OCoLC)867717762(MdBmJHUP)muse27727(Au-PeEL)EBL3441148(CaPaEBR)ebr10796048(EXLCZ)99371000000005565020130725d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe success of the left in Latin America untainted parties, market reforms, and voting behavior /Rosario QueiroloNotre Dame, Indiana :University of Notre Dame Press,2013.1 online resource (224 p.)The Helen Kellogg Institute for International StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-268-03979-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Tables""; ""Figures""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Latin American Ideological Cycles in the Postwar Era""; ""Chapter 2: Economic and Political Conditions That Benefit Leftist Parties in Latin America""; ""Chapter 3: Micro Explanations for Voting Left in Latin America""; ""Chapter 4: Latin Americans Are Voting Left""; ""Chapter 5: The Reasons for Voting Left""; ""Chapter 6: The Search for Untainted Parties""; ""Appendix 1""; ""Appendix 2""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"""Why, since the beginning of the twenty-first century, have so many Latin American countries elected governments identifying themselves with the ideological Left? In The Success of the Left in Latin America: Untainted Parties, Market Reforms, and Voting Behavior, Rosario Queirolo argues that the "pink tide" that swept across Latin America beginning in the late 1990s--with the election of a growing number of leftist political candidates to public office--was caused by the intent of voters to punish political parties unable to improve the economic well-being of their electorates. She argues that Latin Americans vote based on performance, ousting those whom they perceive as responsible for economic downturns, and ushering into power those in the "untainted opposition," which has been the Left in most Latin American countries. Queirolo argues that the effects of neoliberal economic reforms did not produce more votes for political parties on the Left. Rather, the key variable is unemployment. Left-leaning parties in Latin America increase their electoral chances when unemployment is high. In addition to explaining recent electoral successes of leftist parties, The Success of the Left in Latin America also undermines a dominant scholarly view of Latin Americans as random and unpredictable voters by showing how the electorate at the polls holds politicians accountable. "Rosario Queirolo's The Success of the Left in Latin America: Untainted Parties, Market Reforms, and Voting Behavior makes a valuable contribution to the study of Latin American politics and of comparative politics more generally. Queirolo makes a compelling argument that the general shift to the Left in Latin America was less a straightforward protest against neoliberal policies but more strongly a reaction to negative economic performance. Enriched with extensive survey data, her book is authoritative and persuasive." --Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University"--Provided by publisher.Recent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies.LiberalismLatin AmericaPolitical cultureLatin AmericaPolitical partiesLatin AmericaRight and left (Political science)Latin AmericaSocialismLatin AmericaUnemploymentPolitical aspectsLatin AmericaLatin AmericaEconomic conditions21st centuryLatin AmericaPolitics and government21st centuryLiberalismPolitical culturePolitical partiesRight and left (Political science)SocialismUnemploymentPolitical aspects320.09809/05POL007000POL008000HIS024000bisacshQueirolo Rosario1691566MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819944503321The success of the left in Latin America4068048UNINA