Political parties in the developing world often face serious electoral crises; from one election to the next, parties can be decisively voted out of national office. What happens to a party that experiences this kind of voter rejection? The literature suggests it will disappear, leaving the party sy...

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1. Verfasser:	Cyr, Jennifer 1978- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2017
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1992-2016 Politik Political parties / Latin America Parteiensystem Politische Krise Lateinamerika Latin America / Politics and government
Online-Zugang:	BSB01 UER01 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	Political parties in the developing world often face serious electoral crises; from one election to the next, parties can be decisively voted out of national office. What happens to a party that experiences this kind of voter rejection? The literature suggests it will disappear, leaving the party system vulnerable to the inexperience of new political actors. The Fates of Political Parties offers a more nuanced perspective: focusing on a number of individual Latin American countries as well as the region as a whole, it identifies considerable variation regarding how parties survive and even revive after an electoral crisis. The book revitalizes the study of parties as complex entities that rely on a potentially diverse set of resources to remain active in politics. It demonstrates that parties can be remarkably enduring institutions; surviving and reviving parties represent instances of institutional stability. Where they endure, those parties can sustain competition and strengthen the democratic regime
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Jul 2017)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xiii, 269 pages)
ISBN:	9781316995723
DOI:	10.1017/9781316995723