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- The Success of the Left in Latin America: Untainted Parties, Market Reforms, and Voting Behavior
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: University of Notre Dame Press
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Why, since the beginning of the twenty-first century, have so many Latin American countries elected governments identifying themselves with the ideological Left? In The Success of the Left in Latin America: Untainted Parties, Market Reforms, and Voting Behavior, Rosario Queirolo argues that the “pink tide” that swept across Latin America beginning in the late 1990s—with the election of a growing number of leftist political candidates to public office—was caused by the intent of voters to punish political parties unable to improve the economic well-being of their electorates. She argues that Latin Americans vote based on performance, ousting those whom they perceive as responsible for economic downturns, and ushering into power those in the “untainted opposition,” which has been the Left in most Latin American countries. Queirolo argues that the effects of neoliberal economic reforms did not produce more votes for political parties on the Left. Rather, the key variable is unemployment. Left-leaning parties in Latin America increase their electoral chances when unemployment is high. In addition to explaining recent electoral successes of leftist parties, The Success of the Left in Latin America also undermines a dominant scholarly view of Latin Americans as random and unpredictable voters by showing how the electorate at the polls holds politicians accountable.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- Abbreviations
- pp. ix-x
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xviii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-16
- Chapter 5: The Reasons for Voting Left
- pp. 101-146
- Chapter 6: The Search for Untainted Parties
- pp. 147-156
- Appendix 1
- pp. 157-162
- Appendix 2
- pp. 163-170
- Bibliography
- pp. 181-196
- About the Author, Back Cover
- pp. 206-BC
Additional Information
ISBN
9780268090500
Related ISBN(s)
9780268039790
MARC Record
OCLC
867717762
Pages
264
Launched on MUSE
2013-11-28
Language
English
Open Access
No