How Party Activism Survives: Uruguay's Frente Amplio

ISBN-13: 9781108485265 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 216 str.

Veronica Perez Bentancur; Rafael Pineiro Rodriguez; Fernando Rosenblatt

Opis

Explores the value of an organization-centered approach to understanding parties and their role in democratic representation.

Recenzje

'This book is an exemplary study of institutional stability and continuity. The authors tell a compelling story about why and how the FA has endured as a leftist, mass-organic party despite exogenous changes and endogenous challenges.' Jennifer Cyr, Latin American Politics and Society

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Context matters: the political and socioeconomic setting; 3. Voluntary activism in the FA; 4. Origins and reproduction of the mass organic structure; 5. Party structure, efficacy and activism; 6. The limits to strategic adaptation; 7. The FA in comparative perspective; 8. Theoretical conclusions and political implications; Appendiices; Bibliography; Index.