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Author West, Karleen Jones, author.

Title Candidate matters : a study of ethnic parties, campaigns, and elections in Latin America / Karleen Jones West
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 228 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. Ethnic Parties and Their Candidates Matter -- 2. The Role of Candidates, Districts, and Campaign Strategies in Determining Party Behavior -- 3. The Evolution of Ethnic-Party Behavior: How Ethnic-Party Candidates Win Votes in Ecuador -- 4. The Importance of Candidate and District Characteristics: A Study of Pachakutik Campaigns in Ecuador -- 5. Candidate Matters for Mainstream-Party Campaigns in Ecuador -- 6. Clientelism and Vote-Maximizing in Indigenous Latin America -- 7. The Implications of Individual Campaigns, Elections, and Clientelism for Ethnic-Party Behavior -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary In developing democracies, where vote-buying and charismatic politicians are the norm, niche parties have been the greatest hope for advancing the interests of marginalized communities. In Candidate Matters: A Study of Ethnic Parties, Campaigns, and Elections in Latin America, Karleen Jones West uses in-depth fieldwork on political campaigns and statistical analyses of elections and public opinion to show how individual candidates undermine the policy goals of parties that were initially created to advance niche policy interests, like those of indigenous communities
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 27, 2020)
Subject Political campaigns -- Research -- Latin America
Political parties -- Research -- Latin America
Political parties -- Research
Latin America
Form Electronic book
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