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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      09 December 2021
      16 December 2021
      ISBN:
      9781009072045
      9781316513187
      9781009073233
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009072045
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.708kg, 368 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.557kg, 368 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Latin American Studies, Politics and International Relations, Latin American Government, Politics and Policy, Comparative Politics
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, Latin American Studies, Politics and International Relations, Latin American Government, Politics and Policy, Comparative Politics
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    Many contemporary party organizations are failing to fulfill their representational role in contemporary democracies. While political scientists tend to rely on a minimalist definition of political parties (groups of candidates that compete in elections), this volume argues that this misses how parties can differ not only in degree but also in kind. With a new typology of political parties, the authors provide a new analytical tool to address the role of political parties in democratic functioning and political representation. The empirical chapters apply the conceptual framework to analyze seventeen parties across Latin America. The authors are established scholars expert in comparative politics and in the cases included in the volume. The book sets an agenda for future research on parties and representation, and it will appeal to those concerned with the challenges of consolidating stable and programmatic party systems in developing democracies.

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    ‘Diminished Parties provides a much-needed comprehensive framework to think about political parties in Latin America and beyond … The book is engaging and masterfully written. The authors of each of the chapters are leading scholars on the politics of each of the countries that the chapters address. The book is also a master class of what an edited volume should look like. … [It] will be of interest to scholars in comparative politics, particularly those studying issues of democracy, democratic representation, and accountability. It will be of interest for Latin American scholars, but also for scholars around the world …’

    Virginia Oliveros Source: Party Politics

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