State crisis in fragile democracies : polarization and political regimes in South America /

This book develops a new political-institutional explanation of South America's 'two lefts' and the divergent fates of the region's democratic regimes.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Handlin, Samuel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Temas:
2000-2099
Democracy > South America.
Right and left (Political science) > South America.
Polarization (Social sciences) > South America.
Polarisation collective > Amérique du Sud.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Democracy
Polarization (Social sciences)
Politics and government
Right and left (Political science)
South America > Politics and government > 21st century.
Amérique du Sud > Politique et gouvernement > 21e siècle.
South America
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • State crises, the left, and democracy in contemporary South America
  • Explaining divergent party system trajectories and regime dynamics
  • Venezuela : development of a highly polarizing party system
  • Brazil : development of a weakly polarizing party system
  • Democratic erosion in Venezuela, representative democracy in Brazil
  • Bolivia and Ecuador : high polarization and democratic erosion
  • Chile and Uruguay : low polarization and representative democracy
  • Paraguay and Peru : low polarization and polyarchy
  • Longer-term legacies and comparative perspectives around the world
  • Appendix A: Operationalization of state crisis and left-wing infrastructure
  • Appendix B: Operationalization of polarization and regime categories.

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