Conservative parties, the right, and democracy in Latin America / / edited by Kevin J. Middlebrook

• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (408 pages)
• Disciplina: 324.2/14/098
• Soggetto topico: Political parties - Latin America; Conservatism - Latin America
• Soggetto geografico: Latin America Politics and government 1980-
• Altri autori: MiddlebrookKevin J
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-375) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Conservative parties, the right, and democracy in Latin America
• ISBN: 0-8018-7653-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828610303321
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