{"product_id":"building-blocs-cedric-de-leon-9780804794923","title":"Building Blocs: How Parties Organize Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eDo political parties merely represent divisions in society? Until now, scholars and other observers have generally agreed that they do. But \u003ci\u003eBuilding Blocs\u003c\/i\u003e argues the reverse: that some political parties in fact shape divisions as they struggle to remake the social order. Drawing on the contributors' expertise in Indonesia, India, the United States, Canada, Egypt, and Turkey, this volume demonstrates further that the success and failure of parties to politicize social differences has dramatic consequences for democratic change, economic development, and other large-scale transformations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis politicization of divisions, or \"political articulation,\" is neither the product of a single charismatic leader nor the machinations of state power, but is instead a constant call and response between parties and would-be constituents. When articulation becomes inconsistent, as it has in Indonesia, partisan calls grow faint and the resulting vacuum creates the possibility for other forms of political expression. However, when political parties exercise their power of interpellation efficiently, they are able to silence certain interests such as those of secular constituents in Turkey. \u003ci\u003eBuilding Blocs\u003c\/i\u003e exposes political parties as the most influential agencies that structure social cleavages and invites further critical investigation of the related consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cedric de Leon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804794928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804794923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2016","brand":"Cedric de Leon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947223515391,"sku":"9780804794923","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ba86b57f-5ccb-49cd-a005-5a65578c61a4.jpg?v=1681517455","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/building-blocs-cedric-de-leon-9780804794923","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}