Conservative Party-Building in Latin America

Authoritarian Inheritance and Counterrevolutionary Struggle

James Loxton (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2021
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-753752-7 (ISBN)

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Where do strong conservative parties come from? While there is a growing scholarly awareness about the importance of such parties for democratic stability, much less is known about their origins. In this groundbreaking book, James Loxton takes up this question by examining new conservative parties formed in Latin America between 1978 and 2010. The most successful cases, he finds, shared a surprising characteristic: they had deep roots in former dictatorships.

Through a comparative analysis of failed and successful cases in Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, and Guatemala, Loxton argues that this was not a coincidence. The successes inherited a range of resources from outgoing authoritarian regimes that, paradoxically, gave them an advantage in democratic competition. He also highlights the role of intense counterrevolutionary struggle as a source of party cohesion.

In addition to making an empirical contribution to the study of the Latin American right and a theoretical contribution to the study of party-building, Loxton advances our understanding of the worldwide phenomenon of "authoritarian successor parties"—parties that emerge from authoritarian regimes but that operate after a transition to democracy. A major work, Conservative Party-Building in Latin America will reshape our understanding of politics in contemporary Latin America and the realities of democratic transitions everywhere.

James Loxton is a Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the University of Sydney. His research examines authoritarian regimes, democratization, and political parties, with a focus on Latin America. He is the co-editor of Life after Dictatorship: Authoritarian Successor Parties Worldwide and Challenges of Party-Building in Latin America. He holds a PhD in Government from Harvard University.

1. Introduction: The Puzzle of Authoritarian Origins and Democratic Success
2. A Theory of Conservative Party-Building
3. UDI: From Military Dictatorship to Party-Building in Chile
4. UCEDE: Argentina's Long-Sought Mass Conservative Party?
5. ARENA: Death Squads and Democratic Success in El Salvador
6. PAN: Making Sense of a Political Suicide in Guatemala
7. Other Attempts at Conservative Party-Building in Latin America
8. Conclusion: Party-Building, Authoritarian Successor Parties, and Democracy

Erscheinungsdatum	23.06.2021
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	236 x 152 mm
Gewicht	590 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-19-753752-9 / 0197537529
ISBN-13	978-0-19-753752-7 / 9780197537527
Zustand	Neuware