Veronica Perez Bentancur (Uruguay Universidad de la Republica), Rafael Pineiro Rodriguez, Fernando Rosenblatt (Chile Universidad Diego Portales)

How Party Activism Survives

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How do the organizational structure and rules of political parties affect political engagement and its reproduction? Analyzing Uruguay's mass-organic Frente Amplio party, this book illustrates how organizational rules that give grassroots members a voice help reproduce activism. It will interest scholars and students of both Latin America and comparative politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9781108719377
• ISBN-10: 1108719376
• Artikelnr.: 62951813

Autorenporträt

Verónica Pérez Bentancur holds a Ph.D. from the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina and is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Universidad de la República del Uruguay. Her research focuses on Latin American politics and gender and politics. Her work has been published in Comparative Political Studies, Revista de Ciencia Política, Revista Uruguaya de Ciencia Política, and Revista Debates.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Context matters: the political and socioeconomic setting
3. Voluntary activism in the FA
4. Origins and reproduction of the mass organic structure
5. Party structure, efficacy and activism
6. The limits to strategic adaptation
7. The FA in comparative perspective
8. Theoretical conclusions and political implications
Appendiices
Bibliography
Index.