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Transforming Labor-Based Parties in Latin America: Argentine Peronism in Comparative Perspective

Steven Levitsky

This volume explains why some contemporary Latin American labor-based parties adapted successfully to the challenges of neoliberalism and working class decline. It argues that loosely structured party organizations tend to be more flexible than the bureaucratic structures found in most labor-based parties. The argument is illustrated through an analysis of the Argentine (Peronist) Justicialista Party (PJ). The book shows how PJ's fluid internal structure allowed it to adapt and transform itself from a union-dominated populist party into a vehicle for carrying out radical market-oriented economic reforms.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publish Date: Jan 20th, 2003
  • Pages: 306
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.54in - 5.74in - 0.70in - 0.89lb
  • EAN: 9780521016971
  • Categories: • Political Process - Political Parties

Praise for this book

"The result of [Levitsky's] work is a book that not only adds to our understanding of one of Latin America's most notorious parties, but provides useful theoretical insights for the study of parties and politics across all regions. His work sets high standards of research, conceptualizing, and theorizing, and it gives impetus and direction to the study of political parties in Latin America." Latin American Politics and Society
"Highly recommended." Choice