Reorganizing Popular Politics

Contents

Acknowledgments

Part I: Introduction: Interest Politics and the Popular Sectors

1. Introduction: Popular Representation in the Interest Arena

Ruth Berins Collier and Samuel Handlin

2. Situating the Analysis: Analytic Approach, Cases, and Historical Context

Ruth Berins Collier and Samuel Handlin

3. Logics of Collective Action and State Linkages: Comparing the UP-Hub and the A Net

Ruth Berins Collier and Samuel Handlin

Part II: Individual Participation in the Interest Arena

4. Direct Action and Associational Participation: The Problem-Solving Repertoires of Individuals

Thad Dunning

5. Political Participation and Representational Distortion: The Nexus Between Associationalism and Partisan Politics

Jason Seawright

Part III: The Popular-Sector Interest Regime

6. Targeting State and Society: The Strategic Repertoires of Associations

Diana Kapiszewski

7. Three Forms of Scaling: Embeddedness, Nodal NGOs, and Flexible Fronts

Samuel Handlin and Diana Kapiszewski

8. Associational Linkages to Labor Unions and Political Parties

Candelaria Garay

Part IV: Conclusion

9. Conclusion: General Patterns and Emergent Differences

Samuel Handlin and Ruth Berins Collier

Appendix A: Selection of Focus Districts

Appendix B: Survey of Associations

Appendix C: Survey of Individuals

List of Contributors

References

Index

“Collier, Handlin, et al. are to be congratulated on this volume. Its scope of inquiry and the care with which the whole effort was carried through are both remarkable, and it absolutely represents a distinct step forward in our understanding of how and why mass politics in Latin America not only operates but also has changed over time.”

—Henry A. Dietz, Journal of Latin American Studies