Description
| Product ID: | 9781108719377 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | How Party Activism Survives |
| Subtitle: | Uruguay's Frente Amplio |
| Authors: | Author: Fernando Rosenblatt, Veronica Perez Bentancur, Rafael Pineiro Rodriguez |
| Page Count: | 214 |
| Subjects: | Comparative politics, Comparative politics, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Political structures: democracy, Political activism / Political engagement, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Political structures: democracy, Political activism, Uruguay |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating How do the organizational structure and rules of political parties affect political engagement and its reproduction? Analyzing Uruguay's mass-organic Frente Amplio party, this book illustrates how organizational rules that give grassroots members a voice help reproduce activism. It will interest scholars and students of both Latin America and comparative politics. Political parties with activists are in decline due to various external shocks. Societal changes, like the emergence of new technologies of communication have diminished the role and number of activists, while party elites increasingly can make do without grassroots activists. However, recent scholarship concerning different democracies has shown how activism still matters for representation. This book contributes to this literature by analyzing the unique case of the Uruguayan Frente Amplio (FA), the only mass-organic, institutionalized leftist party in Latin America. Using thick description, systematic process tracing, and survey research, this case study highlights the value of an organization-centered approach for understanding parties'' role in democracy. Within the FA, organizational rules grant activists a significant voice, which imbues activists'' participation with a strong sense of efficacy. This book is an excellent resource for scholars and students of Latin America and comparative politics who are interested in political parties and the challenges confronting new democracies. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-12-23 |
