The Paradox of Adversity: New Left Party Survival and Collapse in Latin America
Political parties are the basic building blocks of representative democracy. They reduce information costs for voters, enhance executive accountability, and contribute to democratic governability by facilitating legislative organization and aggregating the interests of powerful societal groups. Yet...
Main Author: | Van Dyck, Brandon Philip |
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Other Authors: | Dominguez, Jorge Ignacio |
Language: | en_US |
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Harvard University
2014
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Online Access: | http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11221 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11744418 |
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