Regime Support Beyond the Balance Sheet: Participation and Policy Performance in Latin America

ISBN-13: 9781108413305 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 280 str.

Matthew Rhodes-Purdy

Opis

This book resolves one of Latin America's must difficult public opinion puzzles: the discrepancy between policy performance and regime support in Chile and Venezuela. Using insights drawn from democratic theory and social psychology, it shows that participation inflated support in Venezuela, while inhibiting it in Chile.

Recenzje

'By analyzing the striking gaps between democratic performance and regime support in Chile and Venezuela, this outstanding, innovative book demonstrates the crucial role of opportunities for citizen participation. Through a multi-methods Comparative analysis, Rhodes-Purdy thus elucidates age-old questions of political theory. Highly recommended!' Kurt Weyland, Mike Hogg Professor in Liberal Arts, University of Texas, Austin

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Conceptualizations and existing explanations of regime support; 3. Participatory opportunities, efficacy, and regime support; 4. Attitudinal antecedents of regime support: a statistical analysis; 5. Participatory populism: hegemony, self-governance, and regime support in Bolivarian Venezuela; 6. The other liberalism: laissez-faire, protected democracy, and support in Chile; 7. Conclusion.