From Movements to Parties in Latin America: The Evolution of Ethnic Politics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521707039)

Based on extensive original research and detailed historical case studies, this book links historical institutional analysis and social movement theory to a study of political systems in which new ethnic cleavages have emerged. It studies the surprising transformation of indigenous peoples' movements into viable political parties in the 1990s in four Latin American countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) and their failure to succeed in two others (Argentina, Peru). The study concludes with the democratic implications of the emergence of this phenomenon in the context of declining public support for parties.

Author: Donna Lee Van Cott
ISBN-10: 052170703X
ISBN-13: 9780521707039
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2007
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.95h x 6.10w x 0.75d