04324nam 2200565Ia 450 991082861030332120200520144314.00-8018-7653-2(CKB)111056486616138(OCoLC)70756178(CaPaEBR)ebrary10021676(SSID)ssj0000129062(PQKBManifestationID)11148082(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129062(PQKBWorkID)10070660(PQKB)10481662(MiAaPQ)EBC3318198(Au-PeEL)EBL3318198(CaPaEBR)ebr10021676(OCoLC)923191438(EXLCZ)9911105648661613819991216d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierConservative parties, the right, and democracy in Latin America /edited by Kevin J. Middlebrook1st ed.Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press20001 online resource (408 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8018-6386-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-375) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Principal Acronyms -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction Conservative Parties, Elite Representation, and Democracy in Latin America -- PART I Established Conservative Parties and the Challenge of Democracy -- CHAPTER 2 Atavism and Democratic Ambiguity in the Chilean Right -- CHAPTER 3 The Conservative Party and the Crisis of Political Legitimacy in Colombia -- CHAPTER 4 Venezuelan Parties and the Representation of Elite Interests -- PART II Democratization, the Right, and New Conservative Parties -- CHAPTER 5 Ruling without a Party Argentine Dominant Classes in the Twentieth Century -- CHAPTER 6 Conservative Parties, Democracy, and Economic Reform in Contemporary Brazil -- CHAPTER 7 Civil War and the Transformation of Elite Representation in El Salvador -- CHAPTER 8 The Irrelevant Right Alberto Fujimori and the New Politics of Pragmatic Peru -- CHAPTER 9 Conclusion Conservative Politics, the Right, and Democracy in Latin America -- STATISTICAL APPENDIX National Election Results, 1980s and 1990s, for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Peru, and Venezuela -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index.Under what conditions do political institutions develop that are capable of promoting economic and social elites' accommodation to democracy? The importance of this question for research on regime change and democracy in Latin America lies in two established political facts: alliances between upper-class groups and the armed forces have historically been a major cause of military intervention in the region, and countries with electorally viable national conservative parties have experienced significantly longer periods of democratic governance since the 1920s and 1930s than have countries with weak conservative parties. The contributors to this book examine the relationship between the Right and democracy in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Peru, and Venezuela during the 1980s and 1990s. The authors focus particularly on the challenges that democratization may pose to upper-class groups; the political role of conservative parties and their electoral performance during these two crucial decades; and the relationships among conservative party strength or weakness, different modes of elite interest representation, and economic and social elites' support for political democracy. The volume includes a statistical appendix with data on conservative parties' electoral performance in national elections during the 1980s and 1990s in these seven countries.Political partiesLatin AmericaConservatismLatin AmericaLatin AmericaPolitics and government1980-Political partiesConservatism324.2/14/098Middlebrook Kevin J1626802MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828610303321Conservative parties, the right, and democracy in Latin America3963056UNINA