From Party Systems to Party Organizations: The Adaptation of Latin American Parties to Changing Environments De sistemas partidarios a la organización partidaria. La adaptación de partidos latinoamericanos a ambientes cambiantes

Review Article:Alcántara Sáez, Manuel (ed.) (2008), Politicians and Politics in Latin America, Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers. Greene, Kenneth F. (2007), Why Dominant Parties Lose. Mexico’s Democratization in Comparative Perspective, New York: Cambridge University Press. Levitsky, Steven (2003),...

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Main Author: Laura Wills-Otero
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Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-04-01
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Online Access:http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jpla/article/view/24
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description Review Article:Alcántara Sáez, Manuel (ed.) (2008), Politicians and Politics in Latin America, Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers. Greene, Kenneth F. (2007), Why Dominant Parties Lose. Mexico’s Democratization in Comparative Perspective, New York: Cambridge University Press. Levitsky, Steven (2003), Transforming Labor-based Parties in Latin America: Argentine Peronism in Comparative Perspective, New York: Cambridge University Press. The study of party systems and political parties is one of the largest subfields in political science. Classic studies in advanced democracies focused primarily on party systems and developed theories about the causes and consequences of different types of systems. In recent years, new academic work begun to differentiate parties within systems by understanding their organizational structure, their internal dynamics, the different ways in which they interact with their constituencies, and the strategies that they use to attract voters. Studies show that parties within the same system behave and react differently given their internal conditions. This article reviews three scholarly books that deal with this issue. The works analyze the internal dynamics of Latin American political parties and their capacity to respond and adapt their structures when environmental challenges take place. Review Article:Alcántara Sáez, Manuel (ed.) (2008), Politicians and Politics in Latin America, Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers. Greene, Kenneth F. (2007), Why Dominant Parties Lose. Mexico���s Democratization in Comparative Perspective, New York: Cambridge University Press. Levitsky, Steven (2003), Transforming Labor-based Parties in Latin America: Argentine Peronism in Comparative Perspective, New York: Cambridge University Press. El estudio de los sistemas de partidos y partidos políticos es una de las áreas más amplias en la ciencia política. Trabajos clásicos llevados a cabo en democracias avanzadas, enfocaron su atención en sistemas de partidos y desarrollaron teorías sobre las causas y consecuencias producidas por diferentes tipos de sistemas. En años recientes, nuevos trabajos académicos empezaron a diferenciar a los partidos dentro de los sistemas estudiando su estructura organizacional, las dinámicas internas, las diferentes maneras en que interactúan con sus representados, y las estrategias que emplean para atraer votantes. Estudios muestran que en un mismo sistema, los partidos se comportan y reaccionan de manera diferente dadas sus propias condiciones internas. Este articulo reseña tres libros que tratan este aspecto. Los trabajos analizan las dinámicas internas de partidos políticos latinoamericanos y su capacidad para responder y adaptar sus estructuras particularmente cuando se presentan cambios en el contexto.
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From Party Systems to Party Organizations: The Adaptation of Latin American Parties to Changing Environments De sistemas partidarios a la organización partidaria. La adaptación de partidos latinoamericanos a ambientes cambiantes
Journal of Politics in Latin America
Political Science
Party Systems
Political Change
320
321
Latin America
1980-2008
Ciencia Política
Sistemas de Partidos
Cambio Político
América Latina
1980-2008
title From Party Systems to Party Organizations: The Adaptation of Latin American Parties to Changing Environments De sistemas partidarios a la organización partidaria. La adaptación de partidos latinoamericanos a ambientes cambiantes
title_full From Party Systems to Party Organizations: The Adaptation of Latin American Parties to Changing Environments De sistemas partidarios a la organización partidaria. La adaptación de partidos latinoamericanos a ambientes cambiantes
title_fullStr From Party Systems to Party Organizations: The Adaptation of Latin American Parties to Changing Environments De sistemas partidarios a la organización partidaria. La adaptación de partidos latinoamericanos a ambientes cambiantes
title_full_unstemmed From Party Systems to Party Organizations: The Adaptation of Latin American Parties to Changing Environments De sistemas partidarios a la organización partidaria. La adaptación de partidos latinoamericanos a ambientes cambiantes
title_short From Party Systems to Party Organizations: The Adaptation of Latin American Parties to Changing Environments De sistemas partidarios a la organización partidaria. La adaptación de partidos latinoamericanos a ambientes cambiantes
title_sort from party systems to party organizations the adaptation of latin american parties to changing environments de sistemas partidarios a la organizacion partidaria la adaptacion de partidos latinoamericanos a ambientes cambiantes
topic Political Science
Party Systems
Political Change
320
321
Latin America
1980-2008
Ciencia Política
Sistemas de Partidos
Cambio Político
América Latina
1980-2008
url http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jpla/article/view/24
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