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Why Dominant Parties Lose : Mexico's Democratization in Comparative Perspective
By: Kenneth F. Greene
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ISBN: 0521877199
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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 not because of limited voter demand or institutional constraints but 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 - a large state and a politically quiescent public bureaucracy erodes, the partisan playing field becomes fairer and opposition parties can expand into catchall competitors that threaten the dominant party at the polls. Greene uses this argument to show why Mexico transformed from a dominant party authoritarian regime under PRI rule to a fully competitive democracy. He also shows that this argument can account for single-party dominance in other countries where the surrounding regime is authoritarian (Malaysia and Taiwan) and where it is democratic (Japan and Italy). The findings have implications for Mexico's political future, the formation of new political parties, transitions to democracy, and the study of competitive authoritarianism."--BOOK JACKET.
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Table of Contents:
| Figures and Tables | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| The Puzzle of Single-Party Dominance | p. 1 |
| The Macro-Perspective | |
| A Theory of Single-Party Dominance and Opposition Party Development | p. 33 |
| Dominant Party Advantages and Opposition Party Failure, 1930s-1990s | p. 71 |
| The Micro-Perspective | |
| Why Participate? A Theory of Elite Activism in Dominant Party Systems | p. 119 |
| The Empirical Dynamics of Elite Activism | p. 139 |
| Implications | |
| Constrained to the Core: Opposition Party Organizations, 1980s-1990s | p. 173 |
| Dominance Defeated: Voting Behavior in the 2000 Elections | p. 210 |
| Extending the Argument to Italy, Japan, Malaysia, and Taiwan | p. 255 |
| Conclusions and Implications | p. 297 |
| References | p. 311 |
| Index | p. 333 |
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Details:
ISBN: 0521877199
ISBN-13: 9780521877190
Number Of Pages: 368
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Audience: Professional
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