Description: Rethinking Party Systems in the Third Wave of Democratization : The Case of Brazil, Paperback by Mainwaring, Scott, ISBN 0804730598, ISBN-13 9780804730594, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Among the many countries that underwent transitions to democracy in recent decades, only Russia is as important to the United States and the world as Brazil. The fifth-largest country and population in the world, with nearly one-half the inhabitants of Latin America, Brazil has the world’s ninth-richest economy. Given the nation’s size and influence, its capacity to achieve stable democracy and economic growth will have global impact. Understanding democracy in Brazil is therefore a crucial task, one which this book , the author argues that most party systems in the third wave of democratization, after 1974, have distinctive features that require us to reformulate theories about party systems generally; previous works have paid scant attention to the importance of variance in the degree of institutionalization of party systems. The author also argues that many third-wave cases underscore the need to focus on the capacity of the state and political elites to structure and restructure party systems from , the author studies the Brazilian party system and democratization, with particular reference to the 1979-96 period. He underscores the weakness of the party system and the resulting problems of democratization. He argues that the party system is poorly institutionalized, explores the reasons for the difficulties of party building, and addresses the consequences of weak institutionalization, which leads him to reaffirm the central significance of parties in the face of widespread skepticism about their importance.
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Number of Pages: 412 Pages
Publication Name: Rethinking Party Systems in the Third Wave of Democratization : the Case of Brazil
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 1999
Subject: Sociology / General, World / Caribbean & Latin American, Political Process / Political Parties, Latin America / South America
Item Height: 0.9 in
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, History
Item Length: 8 in
Author: Scott P. Mainwaring
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
