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Latin American Party Systems

Kitschelt, Herbert, Hawkins, Kirk A., Luna, Juan Pablo, Rosas, Guillermo, Zechmeister, Elizabeth J.·2010·Cambridge University Press eBooks
DOI 10.1017/cbo9780511750311
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Political parties provide a crucial link between voters and politicians. This link takes a variety of forms in democratic regimes, from the organization of political machines built around clientelistic networks to the establishment of sophisticated programmatic parties. Latin American Party Systems provides a novel theoretical argument to account for differences in the degree to which political party systems in the region were programmatically structured at the end of the twentieth century. Based on a diverse array of indicators and surveys of party legislators and public opinion, the book argues that learning and adaptation through fundamental policy innovations are the main mechanisms by which politicians build programmatic parties. Marshalling extensive evidence, the book's analysis shows the limits of alternative explanations and substantiates a sanguine view of programmatic competition, nevertheless recognizing that this form of party system organization is far from ubiquitous and enduring in Latin America.

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  • Weak parties make it harder to hold politicians collectively accountable and create greater uncertainty about actors' preferences, time horizons, and commitment to democracy.

    “Weak parties make it harder to hold politicians collectively accountable (Moser and Scheiner 2012; Kitschelt et al. 2010), and create greater uncertainty about actors ' preferences, time horizons, and commitment to democracy (Lupu and Riedl 2013; Levitsky 2018; Flores-Macías 2018; Hicken 2016).”

    From Parties, Civil Society, and the Deterrence of Democratic Defection (2020) · cites this paper as Kitschelt et al. 2010

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Authors
Kitschelt, H., Hawkins, K. A., Luna, J. P., Rosas, G., & Zechmeister, E. J.
Affiliations
  • Duke University (US)
  • Brigham Young University (US)
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (CL)
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • Vanderbilt University (US)
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Venue
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
2010-02-22
DOI
10.1017/cbo9780511750311
OpenAlex
W1564363626
Cited by
559
References
282
Citations by year
2026: 16 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 35 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 37 · 2020: 72 · 2019: 66 · 2018: 73 · 2017: 28 · 2016: 31 · 2015: 27 · 2014: 30 · 2013: 29 · 2012: 18
FWCI
34.94
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 834 d)
Locations
Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Dynamics in Latin America
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Politics and Society in Latin America
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Keywords
programmatic parties, clientelism, political machines, policy innovation, party competition, political parties, democratic regimes, public opinion

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