When movements become parties : the Bolivian MAS in comparative perspective
"Why do some parties formed by social movements develop top-down structures while others stay more open and responsive to their social bases? The first rigorous comparative study of movement-based parties, this book shows not only how movements can form parties but also how movements contribute...
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| Formato: | Livre numérique |
| Lenguaje: | Anglais |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2018.
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| Colección: | Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
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| Acceso en línea: | Accès sur la plateforme Cambridge University Press Accès sur la plateforme ISTEX (corpus CUP) Accès Université d'Orléans |
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Cambridge University Press - CUP - Corpus Science politique (Licence nationale) |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • When movements become parties, the Bolivian MAS in comparative perspective, Santiago Anria, 2019, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 1 vol. (xxiv-275 p.), Cambridge studies in comparative politics, 978-1-108-42757-9 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Maps; Tables; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; Why This Book; Movements, Parties, and Movement-Based Parties; The MAS as a Movement-Based Party; The MAS in Historic and Structural Context; Overview of the Argument; Theoretical and Empirical Contributions; Civil Society and Party-Building; Civil Society and Its Relation to Democracy; Structure of Left Parties and Broader Processes; A Comprehensive Account of the MAS; 1 Theoretical Framework and Methods Studying Power DistributionsWhy Candidate Selection Matters; Why Policy-Making Matters; Historical and Constant Explanations; Historical Explanations; Origins and Early Development; Road to National Power; Conditions Surrounding Access to National Power; Constant Explanations; Alternative Explanations; Methodological Approach; 2 Origins and Ascendance to Power; The MAS as a Hybrid Party; Origins and Ascendance to Power; The MAS in Urban Areas: La Paz and El Alto; Popular Movements, Dirigentes, and the Party; Villa Tunari; La Paz and El Alto; Santa Cruz; The MAS in Power; Conclusions 3 Candidate Selection PatternsExplaining Variation in Candidate Selection; Institutional Elements; Constant Elements and Political Alignments; Why the MAS Is Relevant; Selecting Different Types of Candidates; Uninominal Candidates; Strong Civil Society Aligned with the MAS; Strong Civil Society Aligned with Opposition; Strong Civil Society with Multiple Alignments; Weak Civil Society; Summary; Plurinominal Candidates; Failures of Coordination; Summary; Supplementary Evidence; Strong Civil Society Aligned with the MAS; Strong Civil Society with Multiple Alignments Strong Civil Society Aligned with OppositionConclusions; 4 National Policy-Making Patterns; Major Trends within the MAS; Creative Capacities; The Irrelevance of the Party Structure; The Parliamentary Group; The Executive Branch; The Impact of Different ''Constellations'' of Power; Constraining Capacities; Conclusions; 5 The MAS in Comparative Perspective; The MAS in Brief; Basis for Comparison and Key Arguments; The Workers' Party; Origins and Early Development; Road to Power: Legislative Opposition and Local Government; Conditions Surrounding Access to Power; Case Summary; The Broad Front Origins and Early DevelopmentRoad to Power: Legislative Opposition and Local Government; Conditions Surrounding Access to Power; Case Summary; Comparing the Cases; Origins and Early Development; Roads to National Power; Conditions Surrounding Access to Power; Constant Explanations; Conclusions; Conclusions; Generalizability of the Findings; Broader Significance of the Findings; Future Inquiry; Movements, Parties, and States; Trends in Political Incorporation; Incorporation, Accountability, and Democracy; Appendix 1 List of Cited Interviews; Appendix 2 Municipal Election Maps, MAS Vote Share