{"product_id":"state-crisis-in-fragile-democracies-polarization-and-political-regimes-in-south-america-hardback-9781108415422","title":"State Crisis in Fragile Democracies; Polarization and Political Regimes in South America (Hardback) 9781108415422","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eState Crisis in Fragile Democracies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePolarization and Political Regimes in South America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book develops a new political-institutional explanation of South America's 'two lefts' and the divergent fates of the region's democratic regimes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSamuel Handlin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108415422, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 July 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e332 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.3 cm, 0.59 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Handlin's use of process tracing is very rigorous … Handlin's book is an excellent example of how scholars can improve transparency in qualitative methods.' Laura Gamboa, Perspectives on Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book offers a novel political-institutional explanation for variation in political polarization, outsider populism, and the fate of democratic regimes across twenty-first-century South America. Drawing upon a wealth of primary evidence and employing process tracing tests to evaluate key causal claims, the book examines how the occurrence - or not - of state crises and the inherited strength of left wing political actors combined to push countries onto distinct party system trajectories characterized by different kinds of left parties and movements, highly variant levels of polarization, and ultimately divergent political regime dynamics. The book challenges extant interpretations of political variation during Latin America's turn to the left, which have centered on economic explanations. It also develops new theoretical propositions for understanding polarization, populism, and democratic erosion in young democracies across the world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Puzzles and Theoretical Explanations: 1. State crises, the left, and democracy in contemporary South America\u003cbr\u003e 2. Explaining divergent party system trajectories and regime dynamic\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Venezuela and Brazil: 3. Venezuela: development of a highly polarizing party system\u003cbr\u003e 4. Brazil: development of a weakly polarizing party system\u003cbr\u003e 5. Democratic erosion in Venezuela, representative democracy in Brazil\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Perspectives across South America: 6. Bolivia and Ecuador: high polarization and democratic erosion\u003cbr\u003e 7. Chile and Uruguay: low polarization and representative democracy\u003cbr\u003e 8. Paraguay and Peru: low polarization and polyarchy\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Conclusion: 9. Longer-term legacies and comparative perspectives around the world\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A. Operationalization of state crisis and left-wing infrastructure\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B. Operationalization of polarization and regime categories\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Regional government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Regional government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Regional%20government%20%5BJPR%5D%22\"\u003eJPR\u003c\/a\u003e], Comparative politics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Comparative politics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Comparative%20politics%20%5BJPB%5D%22\"\u003eJPB\u003c\/a\u003e], Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266226835736,"sku":"9781108415422","price":87.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108415422i.jpg?v=1696753855","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/state-crisis-in-fragile-democracies-polarization-and-political-regimes-in-south-america-hardback-9781108415422","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}