Bankrupt Representation and Party System Collapse

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Part 1 Understanding Party System Collapse: Concepts and Theory

1 Introduction: The Catastrophe of Collapse

2 What It Looks Like: System Change, Transformation, and Collapse

3 Theorizing Collapse: Challenges, Constraints, and Decaying Linkage

Part 2 Linkage Failure and Venezuelan Collapse

4 The Party System at Its Peak

5 Policy Unresponsiveness and Ideological Convergence

6 Social Transformation and Failing Group Incorporation

7 Resource Shortages and Clientelist Excesses

8 Linkage Failure and Mass Exodus from the Party System

Part 3 Party System Collapse and Survival in Comparative Perspective

9 A Comparative Approach to Analyzing Party System Collapse

10 Bankrupt Representation in Italy, Colombia, and Bolivia

11 Survival Tactics in Argentina, Belgium, Uruguay, and India

12 Insights into Collapse and Its Consequences

Appendixes

References

Index

“Bankrupt Representation and Party System Collapse places Venezuela's dramatic party system collapse of the mid-1990s in comparative context. The book addresses a serious gap in the study of party systems at a time when they are changing rapidly, especially in Latin America. Jana Morgan makes a major contribution by examining party system failure at various levels of analysis and with a wide array of tools.”

—John A. Booth, University of North Texas