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Life after Dictatorship launches a new research agenda on
authoritarian successor parties worldwide. Authoritarian successor
parties are parties that emerge from authoritarian regimes, but
that operate after a transition to democracy. They are one of the
most common but overlooked features of the global democratic
landscape. They are major actors in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin
America, and they have been voted back into office in over one-half
of all third-wave democracies. This book presents a new set of
terms, definitions, and research questions designed to travel
across regions, and presents new data on these parties' prevalence
and frequent return to power. With chapters from leading
Africanists, Asianists, Europeanists, and Latin Americanists, it
asks: why are authoritarian successor parties so common? Why are
some more successful than others? And in what ways can they harm -
or help - democracy?
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.
Life after Dictatorship launches a new research agenda on
authoritarian successor parties worldwide. Authoritarian successor
parties are parties that emerge from authoritarian regimes, but
that operate after a transition to democracy. They are one of the
most common but overlooked features of the global democratic
landscape. They are major actors in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin
America, and they have been voted back into office in over one-half
of all third-wave democracies. This book presents a new set of
terms, definitions, and research questions designed to travel
across regions, and presents new data on these parties' prevalence
and frequent return to power. With chapters from leading
Africanists, Asianists, Europeanists, and Latin Americanists, it
asks: why are authoritarian successor parties so common? Why are
some more successful than others? And in what ways can they harm -
or help - democracy?
Nearly four decades since the onset of the third wave, political
parties remain weak in Latin America: parties have collapsed in
much of the region, and most new party-building efforts have
failed. Why do some new parties succeed while most fail? This book
challenges the widespread belief that democracy and elections
naturally give rise to strong parties and argues that successful
party-building is more likely to occur under conditions of intense
conflict than under routine democracy. Periods of revolution, civil
war, populist mobilization, or authoritarian repression crystallize
partisan attachments, create incentives for organization-building,
and generate a 'higher cause' that attracts committed activists.
Empirically rich chapters cover diverse cases from across Latin
America, including both successful and failed cases.
Nearly four decades since the onset of the third wave, political
parties remain weak in Latin America: parties have collapsed in
much of the region, and most new party-building efforts have
failed. Why do some new parties succeed while most fail? This book
challenges the widespread belief that democracy and elections
naturally give rise to strong parties and argues that successful
party-building is more likely to occur under conditions of intense
conflict than under routine democracy. Periods of revolution, civil
war, populist mobilization, or authoritarian repression crystallize
partisan attachments, create incentives for organization-building,
and generate a 'higher cause' that attracts committed activists.
Empirically rich chapters cover diverse cases from across Latin
America, including both successful and failed cases.
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