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Bankrupt representation and party system collapse
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"Explores the phenomenon of party system collapse through a detailed examination of Venezuela's traumatic party system decay, as well as a comparative analysis of collapse in Bolivia, Colombia, and...
"Explores the phenomenon of party system collapse through a detailed examination of Venezuela's traumatic party system decay, as well as a comparative analysis of collapse in Bolivia, Colombia, and Argentina and survival in Argentina, India, Uruguay, and Belgium"--Provided by publisher.
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- Creator
- Jana Morgan
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- English
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- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2011]
- ©2011
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- xx, 362 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780271072289, 9780271050621, 0271050624, 0271072288
- OCLC
- on1262307192, ocn711643389
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-341) and index.
- Part 1. Understanding party system collapse: concepts and theory. Introduction: the catastrophe of collapse; what it looks like: system change, transformation, and collapse; theorizing collapse: challenges, constraints, and decaying linkage -- Part 2. Linkage failure and Venezuelan collapse. The party system at its peak; policy unresponsiveness and ideological convergence; social transformation and failing group incorporation; resource shortages and clientelist excesses; linkage failure and mass exodus from the party system; -- Part 3. Party system collapse and survival in comparative perspective. A comparative approach to analyzing party system collapse; bankrupt representation in Italy, Colombia, and Bolivia; survival tactics in Argentina, Belgium, Uruguay, and India; insights into collapse and its consequences