Party Politics in New Democracies (Comparative Politics)

Comparative Politics is a series for students and teachers of political science that deals with contemporary government and politics. The General Editors are Professor Alfio Mastropaolo, University of Turin and Kenneth Newton, University of Southampton and Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research. The sister volume to Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies , this book offers a systematic and rigorous analysis of parties in some of the world's major new democracies. Drawing on a wealth of expertise and data, the book assesses the popular legitimacy, organizational development and functional performance of political parties in Latin America and post-communist Eastern Europe. It demonstrates the generational differences between parties in the old and new democracies, and reveals contrasts among the latter. Parties are shown to be at their most feeble in those recently transitional democracies characterized by personalistic, candidate-centered forms of politics, but in other new democracies--especially those with parliamentary systems--parties are more stable and institutionalized, enabling them to facilitate a meaningful degree of popular choice and control. Wherever party politics is weakly institutionalized, political inequality tends to be greater, commitment to pluralism less certain, clientelism and corruption more pronounced, and populist demagoguery a greater temptation. Without party, democracy's hold is more tenuous. Comparative Politics is a series for students and teachers of political science that deals with contemporary government and politics. The General Editors are Professor Alfio Mastropaolo, University of Turin and Kenneth Newton, University of Southampton and Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research. The sister volume to Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies, this book offers a systematic and rigorous analysis of parties in some of the world's major new democracies. Drawing on a wealth of expertise and data, the book assesses the popular legitimacy, organizational development and functional performance of political parties in Latin America and postcommunist Eastern Europe. It demonstrates the generational differences between parties in the old and new democracies, and reveals contrasts among the latter. Parties are shown to be at their most feeble in those recently transitional democracies characterized by personalistic, candidate-centred forms of politics, but in other new democracies - especially those with parliamentary systems - parties are more stable and institutionalized, enabling them to facilitate a meaningful degree of popular choice and control. Wherever party politics is weakly institutionalized, political inequality tends to be greater, commitment to pluralism less certain, clientelism and corruption more pronounced, and populist demagoguery a greater temptation. Without party, democracy's hold is more tenuous. Part Of The 'comparative Politics' Series, This Book Offers A Systematic And Rigirous Analysis Of Parties In Some Of The World's Major New Democracies, Focusing On Latin America And Postcommunist Eastern Europe. Conceptualizing The Institutionalization And Performance Of Political Parties In New Democracies / Paul Webb & Stephen White -- Russia's Client Party System / Stephen White -- Political Parties In Ukraine : Virtual And Representational / Andrew Wilson & Sarah Birch -- Poland : Party System By Default / Krzysztof Jasiewicz -- Building Party Government : Political Parties In The Czech And Slovak Republics / Petr Kopecký -- The Only Game In Town : Party Politics In Hungary / Zsolt Enyedi & Gábor Tóka -- Parties And Governability In Brazil / Barry Ames & Timothy J. Power -- 'que Se Vayan Todos!' : The Struggle For Democratic Party Politics In Contemporary Argentina / Celia Szusterman -- Strong Parties In A Struggling Party System : Mexico In The Democratic Era / Joy Langston -- The Durability Of The Party System In Chile / Alan Angell -- Political Parties In Costa Rica : Democratic Stability And Party System Change In A Latin American Context / John A. Booth -- Political Parties In New Democracies : Trajectories Of Development And Implications For Democracy / Paul Webb & Stephen White. Edited By Paul Webb And Stephen White. Ecpr. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents......Page 8 List of Figures......Page 10 List of Tables......Page 11 Notes on Contributors......Page 14 1. Conceptualizing the Institutionalization and Performance of Political Parties in New Democracies......Page 18 2. Russia’s Client Party System......Page 38 3. Political Parties in Ukraine: Virtual and Representational......Page 70 4. Poland: Party System by Default......Page 102 5. Building Party Government: Political Parties in the Czech and Slovak Republics......Page 136 6. The Only Game in Town: Party Politics in Hungary......Page 164 7. Parties and Governability in Brazil......Page 196 8. ‘Que se Vayan Todos!’ The Struggle for Democratic Party Politics in Contemporary Argentina......Page 230 9. Strong Parties in a Struggling Party System: Mexico in the Democratic Era......Page 260 10. The Durability of the Party System in Chile......Page 292 11. Political Parties in Costa Rica: Democratic Stability and Party System Change in a Latin American Context......Page 322 12. Political Parties in New Democracies: Trajectories of Development and Implications for Democracy......Page 362 C......Page 388 H......Page 389 P......Page 390 R......Page 391 Z......Page 392 Conceptualizing the institutionalization and performance of political parties in new democracies / Paul Webb and Stephen White -- Russia's client party system / Stephen White -- Political parties in Ukraine : virtual and representational / Andrew Wilson and Sarah Birch -- Poland : party system by default / Krzysztof Jasiewicz -- Building party government : political parties in the Czech and Slovak Republics / Petr Kopecký -- The only game in town : party politics in Hungary / Zsolt Enyedi and Gábor Tóka -- Parties and governability in Brazil / Barry Ames and Timothy J. Power -- "Que se vayan todos!" : the struggle for democratic party politics in contemporary Argentina / Celia Szusterman -- Strong parties in a struggling party system : Mexico in the democratic era / Joy Langston -- The durability of the party system in Chile / Alan Angell -- Political parties in Costa Rica : democratic stability and party-system change in a Latin American context / John A. Booth -- Political parties in new democracies : trajectories of development and implications for democracy / Paul Webb and Stephen White Conceptualizing the institutionalization and performance of political parties in new democracies / Paul Webb and Stephen White Russia's client party system / Stephen White Political parties in Ukraine : virtual and representational / Andrew Wilson and Sarah Birch Poland : party system by default / Krzysztof Jasiewicz Building party government : political parties in the Czech and Slovak Republics / Petr Kopecky The only game in town : party politics in Hungary / Zsolt Enyedi and Gabor Toka Parties and governability in Brazil / Barry Ames and Timothy J. Power "Que se vayan todos!" : the struggle for democratic party politics in contemporary Argentina / Celia Szusterman Strong parties in a struggling party system : Mexico in the democratic era / Joy Langston The durability of the party system in Chile / Alan Angell Political parties in Costa Rica : democratic stability and party-system change in a Latin American context / John A. Booth Political parties in new democracies : trajectories of development and implications for democracy / Paul Webb and Stephen White.