Información General

• Autores: Manuel Alcántara Sáez (coord.)
• Editores: Lynne Rienner Publishers
• Año de publicación: 2008
• País: Reino Unido
• Idioma: inglés
• ISBN: 978-1-58826-548-7
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Resumen

• The premise of this book is, simply, that politicians matter�that an understanding of the role played by politicians in the way that politics is carried out in their countries is, far from constituting a resurrection of outdated elitist theories, of vital importance in present-day Latin America.

Otros catálogos

• Red de Bibliotecas Universitarias (REBIUN)

Listado de artículos

• • Studying Parliamentary Elites in Latin America, 1994-2006

    Fátima García Díez, Araceli Mateos Díaz

    págs. 7-26

    

  • Part 1. Politics and democracy

    • The Conundrum of representation

      Patricia Marenghi, Mercedes García Montero

      págs. 29-64

      

    • The meanings of democracy and institutional trust

      Araceli Mateos Díaz

      págs. 65-85

      

    • Legislators and political agendas

      Manuel Alcántara Sáez

      págs. 87-109

      

  • Part 2. Party politics and ideology

    • The organization of political parties

      Leticia M. Ruiz Rodríguez

      págs. 113-137

      

    • The dimensions of polarization in parliments

      Cristina Rivas

      págs. 139-160

      

    • The determinants of intraparty ideological differences

      Flavia Freidenberg Andrés, Fátima García Díez, Iván Llamazares Valduvieco

      págs. 161-171

      

    • Programmatic coherence

      Leticia M. Ruiz Rodríguez

      págs. 173-194

      

    • The Parliamentary left

      Salvador Martí Puig, Salvador Santiuste Cué

      págs. 195-217

      

    • The Parliamentary right

      Manuel Alcántara Sáez, Iván Llamazares Valduvieco

      págs. 219-231

      

  • Part 3. Conclusion

    • Legislative careers: does quality matter?

      María del Mar Martínez Rosón

      págs. 235-264

      

    • Politicians and politics in Latin America after twenty-five years of democracy

      Manuel Alcántara Sáez

      págs. 265-273