Why Dominant Parties Lose Mexico's Democratization in Comparative Perspective

Name: Why Dominant Parties Lose Mexico's Democratization in Comparative Perspective
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ISBN: 9780521877190

ISBN-10: 0521877199

ISBN-13: 9780521877190

Edition: 2007

Authors: Kenneth F. Greene

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Why have dominant parties persisted in power for decades in countries spread across the globe? Why did most eventually lose? Why Dominant Parties Lose develops a theory of single-party dominance, its durability, and its breakdown into fully competitive democracy. Greene shows that dominant parties turn public resources into patronage goods to bias electoral competition in their favor and virtually win elections before election day without resorting to electoral fraud or bone-crushing repression. Opposition parties fail because their resource disadvantages force them to form as niche parties with appeals that are out of step with the average voter. When the political economy of dominance…

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List price: $90.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/3/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.408



Figures and Tables


Acknowledgments



The Puzzle of Single-Party Dominance



The Macro-Perspective



A Theory of Single-Party Dominance and Opposition Party Development



Dominant Party Advantages and Opposition Party Failure, 1930s-1990s



The Micro-Perspective



Why Participate? A Theory of Elite Activism in Dominant Party Systems



The Empirical Dynamics of Elite Activism



Implications



Constrained to the Core: Opposition Party Organizations, 1980s-1990s



Dominance Defeated: Voting Behavior in the 2000 Elections



Extending the Argument to Italy, Japan, Malaysia, and Taiwan



Conclusions and Implications


References


Index