ABSTRACT

First Published in 1994. This is Volume five of seven of a collection of essays that gathers together scholarly debates from the 1950s to the 1990s on Mexico, Central and South America. This text looks at topics such as government parties in Latin America, the Mexican elections of 1958, political campaigning, the scope of the Chilean Party systems, the case of Peronism and electoral change amongst others.

chapter 2|23 pages

The Mexican Elections of 1958

Affirmation of Authoritarianism?

chapter 4|29 pages

Democratic Political Campaigning in Latin America

A Typological Approach to Cross-Cultural Research *

chapter 9|16 pages

Criticism, Cynicism, and Political Evaluation

A Venezuelan Example

chapter 10|32 pages

Political Participation in Latin America:

Levels, Structure, Context, Concentration and Rationality *

chapter 12|19 pages

The Popular Parties

Brazil and Argentina in a Latin American Perspective

chapter 17|27 pages

Formal Versus Substantive Democracy

Poor People's Politics in Mexico City *