Book contents
- Diminished Parties
- Diminished Parties
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Case of Uruguay’s Frente Amplio
- 3 Horizontal Coordination and Vertical Aggregation Mechanisms of the PRO in Argentina and Its Subnational Variations
- 4 Bolivia’s Movement toward Socialism: A Political Party Based on and Anchored in Social Movements
- 5 The Complex Interaction between Vertical Interest Aggregation and Horizontal Coordination: The PRD and MORENA in Mexico
- 6 PLN and PAC: Two Costa Rican Parties with Constituencies Evolving in Opposite Directions
- 7 The Case of the Traditional Parties in Paraguay
- 8 The Colombian Liberal Party and Conservative Party: From Political Parties to Diminished Subtypes
- 9 “Normal” Parties in Extraordinary Times: The Case of Primero Justicia and Voluntad Popular in Venezuela
- 10 Diminished by Design: Ecuador’s Alianza PAIS
- 11 The Chilean PPD: A Loose Confederation of Leaders
- 12 Fujimorismo and the Limits of Democratic Representation in Peru, 2006–2020
- 13 The Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza: Guatemala’s Only True Political Party?
- 14 Conclusions
- References
- Name Index
- Organization Index
- Subject Index
9 - “Normal” Parties in Extraordinary Times: The Case of Primero Justicia and Voluntad Popular in Venezuela
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 December 2021
- Diminished Parties
- Diminished Parties
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Case of Uruguay’s Frente Amplio
- 3 Horizontal Coordination and Vertical Aggregation Mechanisms of the PRO in Argentina and Its Subnational Variations
- 4 Bolivia’s Movement toward Socialism: A Political Party Based on and Anchored in Social Movements
- 5 The Complex Interaction between Vertical Interest Aggregation and Horizontal Coordination: The PRD and MORENA in Mexico
- 6 PLN and PAC: Two Costa Rican Parties with Constituencies Evolving in Opposite Directions
- 7 The Case of the Traditional Parties in Paraguay
- 8 The Colombian Liberal Party and Conservative Party: From Political Parties to Diminished Subtypes
- 9 “Normal” Parties in Extraordinary Times: The Case of Primero Justicia and Voluntad Popular in Venezuela
- 10 Diminished by Design: Ecuador’s Alianza PAIS
- 11 The Chilean PPD: A Loose Confederation of Leaders
- 12 Fujimorismo and the Limits of Democratic Representation in Peru, 2006–2020
- 13 The Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza: Guatemala’s Only True Political Party?
- 14 Conclusions
- References
- Name Index
- Organization Index
- Subject Index
Summary
Colombia’s Partido Liberal (Liberal Party, PL) and Partido Conservador (Conservative Party, PC) are two of the oldest party organizations in Latin America. They both arose in the middle of the nineteenth century (in 1848 and 1849, respectively), and have participated in almost all national and subnational elections since then. Over their combined 170 years of history, they have managed to adapt and to survive changing conditions, both structural and circumstantial, and to maintain a substantial degree of electoral political power, although this has declined since the early 1990s. Even though both organizations are still able to win votes and elect candidates in popular elections, they do not always do so in a coordinated way. In addition, both parties have lost much of their ability to aggregate collective interests vertically. Therefore, this chapter argues that these organizations merit classifications as diminished subtypes. Taking into account their lack of vertical interest aggregation as well as their minimal degree of horizontal coordination, both the PL and the PC exhibit characteristics of the independent and uncoordinated party types (Luna et al. this volume). Both electoral vehicles still manage to compete in elections with relative success, but without representing a clearly defined electorate.
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- Diminished PartiesDemocratic Representation in Contemporary Latin America, pp. 173 - 196Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021