Party Change in Chile in Comparative Perspective

Abstract This article looks at the changes in party systems generally in modern democracies, and argues that many trends observed internationally - growing mistrust of parties, growing electoral de-alignment - are also observed in Chile. Hence any analysis of party change in Chile has to take into a...

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Autor principal: Angell,Alan
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Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia Política 2003
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-090X20030002000052005-05-17Party Change in Chile in Comparative PerspectiveAngell,Alan Chile Partidos Políticos Elecciones Coalición Democratización Financiamiento Político Abstract This article looks at the changes in party systems generally in modern democracies, and argues that many trends observed internationally - growing mistrust of parties, growing electoral de-alignment - are also observed in Chile. Hence any analysis of party change in Chile has to take into account what is happening in other countries with well-established party systems. The article argues that the comparison with the past tends to be limited to the exceptional 1964-1973 period and that a more extended analysis points to many continuities in the Chilean party system. Competing arguments over whether there is new party cleavage in Chile based on the opposition between support for authoritarianism or support for democracy are also examined*.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia PolíticaRevista de ciencia política (Santiago) v.23 n.2 20032003-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-090X2003000200005en10.4067/S0718-090X2003000200005
institution Scielo Chile
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topic Chile
Partidos Políticos
Elecciones
Coalición
Democratización
Financiamiento Político
spellingShingle Chile
Partidos Políticos
Elecciones
Coalición
Democratización
Financiamiento Político
Angell,Alan
Party Change in Chile in Comparative Perspective
description Abstract This article looks at the changes in party systems generally in modern democracies, and argues that many trends observed internationally - growing mistrust of parties, growing electoral de-alignment - are also observed in Chile. Hence any analysis of party change in Chile has to take into account what is happening in other countries with well-established party systems. The article argues that the comparison with the past tends to be limited to the exceptional 1964-1973 period and that a more extended analysis points to many continuities in the Chilean party system. Competing arguments over whether there is new party cleavage in Chile based on the opposition between support for authoritarianism or support for democracy are also examined*.
author Angell,Alan
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title Party Change in Chile in Comparative Perspective
title_short Party Change in Chile in Comparative Perspective
title_full Party Change in Chile in Comparative Perspective
title_fullStr Party Change in Chile in Comparative Perspective
title_full_unstemmed Party Change in Chile in Comparative Perspective
title_sort party change in chile in comparative perspective
publisher Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia Política
publishDate 2003
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