{"product_id":"success-of-the-left-in-rosario-queirolo-9780268206963","title":"Success of the Left in Latin America: Untainted Parties, Market Reforms, and Voting Behavior","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy, since the beginning of the twenty-first century, have so many Latin American countries elected governments identifying themselves with the ideological Left? In \u003ci\u003eThe Success of the Left in Latin America: Untainted Parties, Market Reforms, and Voting Behavior\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQueirolo 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Success of the Left in Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rosario Queirolo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0268206961\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268206963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Rosario Queirolo","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44080257794303,"sku":"9780268206963","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3241a34d-1abe-4c9a-a9f5-929a64bcc99e.jpg?v=1685485805","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/success-of-the-left-in-rosario-queirolo-9780268206963","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}