From Movements to Parties in Latin America: The Evolution of Ethnic Politics

ISBN-13: 9780521855020 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 302 str.

Louisiana) Donna Lee Van Cott (Tulane University

Opis

Based on extensive original research and detailed historical case studies, this book links historical institutional analysis and social movement theory to a study of political systems in which new ethnic cleavages have emerged. It studies the surprising transformation of indigenous peoples movements into viable political parties in the 1990s in four Latin American countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) and their failure to succeed in two others (Argentina, Peru). The study concludes with the democratic implications of the emergence of this phenomenon in the context of declining public support for parties."

Recenzje

'Van Cott's book is the first in-depth analysis that analyzes ethnic party emergence by rigorously comparing the primary cases of both successful and failed formation … The book is extremely thorough, providing excellent, in-depth discussions … arguably provid[ing] the single best current source of information on indegous political parties in Latin America.' Moblization

Spis treści

1. Introduction: toward a comprehensive theory of ethnic party formation and performance; 2. Institutions, party systems, and social movements; 3. 'A reflection of our motley reality': Bolivian Indians' slow path to political representation; 4. 'We are the government': Pachakutik's rapid ascent to national power; 5. 'It is not a priority': the failure to form viable ethnic parties in Peru; 6. Argentina, Colombia, and Venezuela: unlikely cases of ethnic party formation and success; 7. Conclusions and Implications.