Political Parties

Mexico, Central, and South America

Jorge I. Domínguez

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2001
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• eBook ISBN:
  9781135708610
• Subtopic: Comparative Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

With the fall of the Soviet Union and the acceleration of global economic, political, and social pressures, Mexico, Central, and South America have undergone vast transformations. This collection details these changes and updates the scholarship on a region once defined by the cold war and now struggling to define itself within the era of economic globalization and democratization. Rapid changes in the area have produced new and contentious scholarship, the best of which is contained in this new five-volume set. Collected by one of the premiere authorities on the region, each volume contains a valuable introduction and considers a key discipline of study. Together the volumes provide a comprehensive view, which will prove an indispensable research tool for students and scholars alike.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• Electoral Strategy under Open-List Proportional Representation
• Shaping Mexico’s Electoral Arena: The Construction of Partisan Cleavages in the 1988 and 1991 National Elections
• The Electoral Cycle and Institutional Sources of Divided Presidential Government
• Continuity and Change in the Chilean Party System On the Transformational Effects of Electoral Reform
• Parties and Society in Mexico and Venezuela Why Competition Matters
• Presidents, Ruling Parties, and Party Rules A Theory on the Politics of Economic Reform in Latin America
• Presidential Power, Legislative Organization, and Party Behavior in Brazil
• Constituency Influence and Representation
• Presidential Election Laws and Multipartism in Latin America
• Political Parties and Candidate Selection in Venezuela and Colombia
• Neoliberalism and the Transformation of Populism in Latin America The Peruvian Case
• The Populist Road to Market Reform Policy and Electoral Coalitions in Mexico and Argentina
• Acknowledgments