LEADER 04882nam 2200697 450 001 9910464422403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-268-09050-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000055650 035 $a(EBL)3441148 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001053542 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11629894 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001053542 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11114614 035 $a(PQKB)10747288 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441148 035 $a(OCoLC)867717762 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27727 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441148 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10796048 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000055650 100 $a20130725d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe success of the left in Latin America $euntainted parties, market reforms, and voting behavior /$fRosario Queirolo 210 1$aNotre Dame, Indiana :$cUniversity of Notre Dame Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 225 1 $aThe Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-268-03979-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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"" 330 $a"Why, since the beginning of the twenty-first century, have so many Latin American countries elected governments identifying themselves with the ideological Left? In The Success of the Left in Latin America: Untainted Parties, Market Reforms, and Voting Behavior, Rosario Queirolo argues that the "pink tide" that swept across Latin America beginning in the late 1990s--with the election of a growing number of leftist political candidates to public office--was caused by the intent of voters to punish political parties unable to improve the economic well-being of their electorates. She argues that Latin Americans vote based on performance, ousting those whom they perceive as responsible for economic downturns, and ushering into power those in the "untainted opposition," which has been the Left in most Latin American countries. Queirolo argues that the effects of neoliberal economic reforms did not produce more votes for political parties on the Left. Rather, the key variable is unemployment. Left-leaning parties in Latin America increase their electoral chances when unemployment is high. In addition to explaining recent electoral successes of leftist parties, The Success of the Left in Latin America also undermines a dominant scholarly view of Latin Americans as random and unpredictable voters by showing how the electorate at the polls holds politicians accountable. "Rosario Queirolo's The Success of the Left in Latin America: Untainted Parties, Market Reforms, and Voting Behavior makes a valuable contribution to the study of Latin American politics and of comparative politics more generally. Queirolo makes a compelling argument that the general shift to the Left in Latin America was less a straightforward protest against neoliberal policies but more strongly a reaction to negative economic performance. Enriched with extensive survey data, her book is authoritative and persuasive." --Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aRecent titles from the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies. 606 $aLiberalism$zLatin America 606 $aPolitical culture$zLatin America 606 $aPolitical parties$zLatin America 606 $aRight and left (Political science)$zLatin America 606 $aSocialism$zLatin America 606 $aUnemployment$xPolitical aspects$zLatin America 607 $aLatin America$xEconomic conditions$y21st century 607 $aLatin America$xPolitics and government$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLiberalism 615 0$aPolitical culture 615 0$aPolitical parties 615 0$aRight and left (Political science) 615 0$aSocialism 615 0$aUnemployment$xPolitical aspects 676 $a320.09809/05 700 $aQueirolo$b Rosario$0963591 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464422403321 996 $aThe success of the left in Latin America$92184849 997 $aUNINA