Bankrupt representation and party system collapse / Jana Morgan.

In recent decades, Bolivia, Colombia, Italy, and Venezuela have all faced the turmoil and democratic crisis of party system collapse. In Bankrupt Representation and Party System Collapse, Jana Morgan analyzes the causes of such collapse. She does so through a detailed examination of Venezuela's traumatic party system decay as well as comparative analysis of seven other countries. Collapse occurs when the party system as a whole is unable to provide adequate linkage between society and the state, failing to furnish programmatic representation, integration of major societal interests, or clientelist exchanges. Linkage decays when party systems face challenges that jeopardize their core strategies at the same time that they are constrained in their ability to adapt and to confront these threats. If this decay is unchecked and linkage of all sorts fails, then the bankrupt party system collapses.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 5, 2017).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-341) and index.

Part 1. Understanding party system collapse: concepts and theory. Introduction: the catastrophe of collapse; what it looks like: system change, transformation, and collapse; theorizing collapse: challenges, constraints, and decaying linkage -- Part 2. Linkage failure and Venezuelan collapse. The party system at its peak; policy unresponsiveness and ideological convergence; social transformation and failing group incorporation; resource shortages and clientelist excesses; linkage failure and mass exodus from the party system; -- Part 3. Party system collapse and survival in comparative perspective. A comparative approach to analyzing party system collapse; bankrupt representation in Italy, Colombia, and Bolivia; survival tactics in Argentina, Belgium, Uruguay, and India; insights into collapse and its consequences.

English.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide