LEADER 04324nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910828610303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8018-7653-2 035 $a(CKB)111056486616138 035 $a(OCoLC)70756178 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10021676 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000129062 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11148082 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129062 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10070660 035 $a(PQKB)10481662 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3318198 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3318198 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10021676 035 $a(OCoLC)923191438 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486616138 100 $a19991216d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aConservative parties, the right, and democracy in Latin America /$fedited by Kevin J. Middlebrook 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBaltimore $cJohns Hopkins University Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (408 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8018-6386-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [329]-375) and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aUnder 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. 606 $aPolitical parties$zLatin America 606 $aConservatism$zLatin America 607 $aLatin America$xPolitics and government$y1980- 615 0$aPolitical parties 615 0$aConservatism 676 $a324.2/14/098 701 $aMiddlebrook$b Kevin J$01626802 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828610303321 996 $aConservative parties, the right, and democracy in Latin America$93963056 997 $aUNINA