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Segmented Representation - Political Party Strategies in Unequal Democracies (Hardcover)
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Segmented Representation - Political Party Strategies in Unequal Democracies (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Studies in Democratization
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Millions of enfranchised people live in abject poverty in
democracies around the world. Yet in representative democracies,
the success or failure of political parties rests on their ability
to effectively engage voters. In today's highly unequal and
individualized societies, the diversity of voters along
socioeconomic, religious, and other lines presents an obstacle for
parties vying for electoral success. How, then, can widespread,
crushing poverty still exist in stable democracies, if every
citizen has a vote? Two wildly different parties, Chile's
right-wing UDI and Uruguay's left-wing Frente Amplio, have achieved
stunning victories in this supposedly inhospitable political
landscape. They have done so by simultaneously segmenting and
strategically harmonizing their linkages to distinct cross-sections
of voters in each society. While that electoral strategy makes for
a winning hand for parties in fragmented modern societies, it
perpetuates the gross inequalities that characterize the social,
political, and economic landscapes of the developing democratic
world. This book develops a new analytical and conceptual framework
to unveil and explain segmented representation, revealing new
implications for democratic societies. Oxford Studies in
Democratization is a series for scholars and students of
comparative politics and related disciplines. Volumes concentrate
on the comparative study of the democratization process that
accompanied the decline and termination of the cold war. The
geographical focus of the series is primarily Latin America, the
Caribbean, Southern and Eastern Europe, and relevant experiences in
Africa and Asia. The series editor is Laurence Whitehead, Official
Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
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