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Book SynopsisStudents and scholars of both Latin American politics and comparative politics will find The Resilience of the Latin American Right of vital interest.
Trade ReviewClearly, any understanding of contemporary Latin American politics requires a re-examination of the traditional left-right divide-and this book fills a gaping hole. -- Timothy J. Powers Americas Quarterly A valuable, wide-ranging survey of the region's understudied right-wing parties, personalities, and programs. -- Richard Feinberg Foreign Affairs The Resilience of the Latin American Right fills a void in the literature on Latin American politics by presenting a systematic analysis of conservative rule and influence outside of government. Choice
Table of ContentsPreface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction:The Right in Contemporary Latin America: A Framework for Analysis
Part I: The Contemporary Context
Chapter 1. Democracy, Free Markets, and the Rightist Dilemma in Latin America
Chapter 2. Profiling the Electorate: Ideology and Attitudes of Rightwing Voters
Part II: the nonelectoral right
Chapter 3. New Strategies of the Latin American Right: Beyond Parties and Elections
Chapter 4. The Right and Nonparty Forms of Repre sen ta tion and Participation: Bolivia and Ec ua dor Compared
Chapter 5. The Authoritarian Roots of New Right Party Success in Latin America
Part III: The Electoral, Nonpartisan Right
Chapter 6. From Right Pop u lism in the 1990s to Left Populism in the 2000s—and Back Again?
Chapter 7. Is There a Right Track in Post–Party System Collapse Scenarios? Comparing the Andean Countries
Chapter 8. Colombia: Analyzing the Strategies for Po liti cal Action of Álvaro Uribe's Government, 2002–10
Chapter 9. Mexico: The Partido Acción Nacional as a Right Party
Chapter 10. Chile: The Right's Evolution from Democracy to Authoritarianism and Back Again
Chapter 11. El Salvador: Societal Cleavages, Strategic Elites, and the Success of the Right
Chapter 12. Brazil: Explaining the Rise and Decline of the Conservatives
Chapter 13. Argentina: The Difficulties of the Partisan Right and the Case of Propuesta Republicana
Conclusion: Right (and Left) Politics in Contemporary Latin America
List of Contributors
Index
