Segmented Representation
Subtitle: Political Party Strategies in Unequal Democracies
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9780199642649
Subjects: Democracy; Equality; Political parties
Description: Examines how the success or failure of political parties in representative democracies rests on their ability to engage voters in highly unequal and individualized societies. Using Chile's right-wing UDI and Uruguay's left-wing Frente Amplio as case studies, looks at how both have achieved political victories by simultaneously segmenting and harmonizing their linkages to distinct cross-sections of voters.