Political Parties: Mexico, Central, and South America

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Electoral Strategy under Open-List Proportional Representation -- Shaping Mexico's Electoral Arena: The Construction of Partisan Cleavages in the 1988 and 1991 National Elections -- The Electoral Cycle and Institutional Sources of Divided Presidential Government -- Continuity and Change in the Chilean Party System: On the Transformational Effects of Electoral Reform -- Parties and Society in Mexico and Venezuela -- Presidents, Ruling Parties, and Party Rules: A Theory on the Politics of Economic Reform in Latin America -- Presidential Power, Legislative Organization, and Party Behavior in Brazil -- Constituency Influence and Representation -- Presidential Election Laws and Multipartism in Latin America -- Political Parties and Candidate Selection in Venezuela and Colombia -- Neoliberalism and the Transformation of Populism in Latin America: The Peruvian Case -- The Populist Road to Market Reform: Policy and Electoral Coalitions in Mexico and Argentina -- Acknowledgments.