Strong parties and lame ducks: presidential partyarchy and factionalism in Venezuela
This bold and comprehensive reassessment of democracy in Venezuela explains why one of the oldest and most admired democracies in Latin America has become fragile after more than three decades of apparent stability. The Venezuelan crisis is puzzling because Venezuela has held competitive elections s...
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1994
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| Zusammenfassung: | This bold and comprehensive reassessment of democracy in Venezuela explains why one of the oldest and most admired democracies in Latin America has become fragile after more than three decades of apparent stability. The Venezuelan crisis is puzzling because Venezuela has held competitive elections since 1958; it has the fastest-growing economy in the region and a declining inflation rate; the military has not meddled in politics since 1962; there is no guerrilla insurgency; and drug trafficking has only begun to make an appearance. The author locates the causes of Venezuela's current problems in two political institutions. The first is partidocracia, or partyarchy. Venezuelan political parties monopolize the electoral process, dominate the legislative process, and block many of the informal channels of representation, such as interest groups, the media, the courts, and independent opinion leaders The second cause is presidentialism, a system marked by frequent standoffs between the executive and the legislature that severely limit the president's ability to function effectively and that encourage opposition parties to frustrate the president in an effort to improve their own chances in future elections. Highlighting parallels and contrasts with other countries in Latin America and the industrialized world, the author places Venezuelan democracy in a truly comparative context for the first time, in the process revealing that Venezuela has had the most extreme partyarchy in the non-communist world. The combination of partyarchy and presidentialism has induced a cyclical pattern of factional struggles within the governing parties that has rendered them incapable of channeling popular demands between elections and has tarnished their image during campaigns The author shows that though partyarchy initially helped democracy survive in Venezuela by giving a handful of party leaders great authority to manage crises and prevent mass disturbances, it also limited accountability and stifled meaningful popular participation, which ultimately eroded the legitimacy of the democratic regime. Partyarchy also made the executive-legislative stalemates and constitutional crises typical of presidential systems more likely and more intractable. The author supports his conclusions with evidence from his rigorous survey of 80 top leaders of the governing party, as well as from historical analysis, a multivariate model of Venezuelan elections, and more than a year of personal observation of party activities |
| Beschreibung: | XVI, 241 S. |
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| 520 | 3 | |a The author shows that though partyarchy initially helped democracy survive in Venezuela by giving a handful of party leaders great authority to manage crises and prevent mass disturbances, it also limited accountability and stifled meaningful popular participation, which ultimately eroded the legitimacy of the democratic regime. Partyarchy also made the executive-legislative stalemates and constitutional crises typical of presidential systems more likely and more intractable. The author supports his conclusions with evidence from his rigorous survey of 80 top leaders of the governing party, as well as from historical analysis, a multivariate model of Venezuelan elections, and more than a year of personal observation of party activities | |
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| spelling | Coppedge, Michael 1957- Verfasser (DE-588)1057430951 aut Strong parties and lame ducks presidential partyarchy and factionalism in Venezuela Michael Coppedge Stanford, Calif. Stanford Univ. Press 1994 XVI, 241 S. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier This bold and comprehensive reassessment of democracy in Venezuela explains why one of the oldest and most admired democracies in Latin America has become fragile after more than three decades of apparent stability. The Venezuelan crisis is puzzling because Venezuela has held competitive elections since 1958; it has the fastest-growing economy in the region and a declining inflation rate; the military has not meddled in politics since 1962; there is no guerrilla insurgency; and drug trafficking has only begun to make an appearance. The author locates the causes of Venezuela's current problems in two political institutions. The first is partidocracia, or partyarchy. Venezuelan political parties monopolize the electoral process, dominate the legislative process, and block many of the informal channels of representation, such as interest groups, the media, the courts, and independent opinion leaders The second cause is presidentialism, a system marked by frequent standoffs between the executive and the legislature that severely limit the president's ability to function effectively and that encourage opposition parties to frustrate the president in an effort to improve their own chances in future elections. Highlighting parallels and contrasts with other countries in Latin America and the industrialized world, the author places Venezuelan democracy in a truly comparative context for the first time, in the process revealing that Venezuela has had the most extreme partyarchy in the non-communist world. The combination of partyarchy and presidentialism has induced a cyclical pattern of factional struggles within the governing parties that has rendered them incapable of channeling popular demands between elections and has tarnished their image during campaigns The author shows that though partyarchy initially helped democracy survive in Venezuela by giving a handful of party leaders great authority to manage crises and prevent mass disturbances, it also limited accountability and stifled meaningful popular participation, which ultimately eroded the legitimacy of the democratic regime. Partyarchy also made the executive-legislative stalemates and constitutional crises typical of presidential systems more likely and more intractable. The author supports his conclusions with evidence from his rigorous survey of 80 top leaders of the governing party, as well as from historical analysis, a multivariate model of Venezuelan elections, and more than a year of personal observation of party activities Geschichte 1958-1974 gnd rswk-swf Eleicoes larpcal Historia latino-americana larpcal Partidos politicos larpcal Politica (america latina) larpcal Politieke partijen gtt Presidentieel systeem gtt Partei Politik Political parties Venezuela Parteienstaat (DE-588)4121451-1 gnd rswk-swf Partei (DE-588)4044737-6 gnd rswk-swf Parteiensystem (DE-588)4075906-4 gnd rswk-swf Demokratie (DE-588)4011413-2 gnd rswk-swf Präsidentielles Regierungssystem (DE-588)4175552-2 gnd rswk-swf Venezuela - Política y gobierno - 1958 1974 Venezuela - Política y gobierno - 1974 Venezuela Politics and government 1958-1974 Venezuela Politics and government 1974- Venezuela (DE-588)4062512-6 gnd rswk-swf Venezuela (DE-588)4062512-6 g Demokratie (DE-588)4011413-2 s Partei (DE-588)4044737-6 s DE-604 Parteienstaat (DE-588)4121451-1 s Präsidentielles Regierungssystem (DE-588)4175552-2 s Geschichte 1958-1974 z 1\p DE-604 Parteiensystem (DE-588)4075906-4 s 2\p DE-604 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
| spellingShingle | Coppedge, Michael 1957- Strong parties and lame ducks presidential partyarchy and factionalism in Venezuela Eleicoes larpcal Historia latino-americana larpcal Partidos politicos larpcal Politica (america latina) larpcal Politieke partijen gtt Presidentieel systeem gtt Partei Politik Political parties Venezuela Parteienstaat (DE-588)4121451-1 gnd Partei (DE-588)4044737-6 gnd Parteiensystem (DE-588)4075906-4 gnd Demokratie (DE-588)4011413-2 gnd Präsidentielles Regierungssystem (DE-588)4175552-2 gnd |
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| title | Strong parties and lame ducks presidential partyarchy and factionalism in Venezuela |
| title_auth | Strong parties and lame ducks presidential partyarchy and factionalism in Venezuela |
| title_exact_search | Strong parties and lame ducks presidential partyarchy and factionalism in Venezuela |
| title_full | Strong parties and lame ducks presidential partyarchy and factionalism in Venezuela Michael Coppedge |
| title_fullStr | Strong parties and lame ducks presidential partyarchy and factionalism in Venezuela Michael Coppedge |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strong parties and lame ducks presidential partyarchy and factionalism in Venezuela Michael Coppedge |
| title_short | Strong parties and lame ducks |
| title_sort | strong parties and lame ducks presidential partyarchy and factionalism in venezuela |
| title_sub | presidential partyarchy and factionalism in Venezuela |
| topic | Eleicoes larpcal Historia latino-americana larpcal Partidos politicos larpcal Politica (america latina) larpcal Politieke partijen gtt Presidentieel systeem gtt Partei Politik Political parties Venezuela Parteienstaat (DE-588)4121451-1 gnd Partei (DE-588)4044737-6 gnd Parteiensystem (DE-588)4075906-4 gnd Demokratie (DE-588)4011413-2 gnd Präsidentielles Regierungssystem (DE-588)4175552-2 gnd |
| topic_facet | Eleicoes Historia latino-americana Partidos politicos Politica (america latina) Politieke partijen Presidentieel systeem Partei Politik Political parties Venezuela Parteienstaat Parteiensystem Demokratie Präsidentielles Regierungssystem Venezuela - Política y gobierno - 1958 1974 Venezuela - Política y gobierno - 1974 Venezuela Politics and government 1958-1974 Venezuela Politics and government 1974- Venezuela |
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