Party System Competition and *Representation: Democratization and Redemocratization in Chile From a Comparative Perspective

Bosworth, Jeffrey Alan

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Title

Party System Competition and *Representation: Democratization and Redemocratization in Chile From a Comparative Perspective

Author(s)

Bosworth, Jeffrey Alan

Issue Date

2000

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

Gerardo L. Munck

Department of Study

Political Science

Discipline

Political Science

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Degree Level

Dissertation

Keyword(s)

History, Latin American

Language

eng

Abstract

In departing from most studies of parties and party systems, this work proposes a novel conception of party systems that focuses on patterns of competition and representation. In seeking to explain the origins and transformations of these particular patterns in Latin America, I take a long-term historical view that highlights the importance of four variables in the initial period of democratization: (1) the sequence of party-state formation; (2) the relative balance of executive-legislative relations; (3) the structure of social cleavages; and (4) the expansion of suffrage. Beyond assessing and explaining the origins of party system competition and representation in Latin America, I demonstrate how the nature of the bureaucratic-authoritarian regimes and the dynamics of the transition have modified these party system patterns since redemocratization in the 1980s. While the focus of this study is the case of Chile, I also compare and contrast the varied experiences of Brazil and Argentina.

Graduation Semester

2000

Type of Resource

text

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