Politicians and Politics in Latin America / / Manuel Alcántara Sáez.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Alcántara Sáez, Manuel,
• MitwirkendeR: Alcántara Sáez, Manuel,; Freidenberg, Flavia,; García Díez, Fátima,; García Montero, Mercedes,; Llamazares Valduvieco, Iván,; Marenghi, Patricia,; Martí i Puig, Salvador,; Martínez Rosón, María del Mar,; Mateos Díaz, Araceli,; Rivas Pérez, Cristina,; Ruiz Rodríguez, Leticia M.,; Santiuste Cué, Salvador,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (323 p.)

The premise of this book is, simply, that politicians matter—that an understanding of the role played by politicians in the way that politics is carried out in their countries is, far from constituting a resurrection of outdated elitist theories, of vital importance in present-day Latin America. The...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Tables and Figures
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Studying Parliamentary Elites in Latin America, 1994–2006
• Part 1. Politics and Democracy
• 2. The Conundrum of Representation
• 3. The Meanings of Democracy and Institutional Trust
• 4. Legislators and Political Agendas
• Part 2. Party Politics and Ideology
• 5. The Organization of Political Parties
• 6. The Dimensions of Polarization in Parliaments
• 7. The Determinants of Intraparty Ideological Differences
• 8. Programmatic Coherence
• 9. The Parliamentary Left
• 10. The Parliamentary Right
• Part 3. Conclusion
• 11. Legislative Careers: Does Quality Matter?
• 12. Politicians and Politics in Latin America After Twenty-Five Years of Democracy
• Political Parties, by Acronym and by Country
• Bibliography
• The Contributors
• Index
• About the Book