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Business, economic experts, and conservative party building in Latin America: the case of El Salvador

Empresarios, expertos económicos y la construcción de partidos de derecha en América Latina: el caso de El Salvador
Business, Wirtschaftsexperten und konservative Parteienbildung in Lateinamerika
[journal article]

Koivumaeki, Riitta-Ilona

Abstract

A wave of leftist governments has swept Latin America in recent years, attracting a great deal of scholarly attention. Yet a number of new conservative parties have attained considerable electoral success, as well. This paper argues that a conservative party can succeed electorally and consolidate o... view more

A wave of leftist governments has swept Latin America in recent years, attracting a great deal of scholarly attention. Yet a number of new conservative parties have attained considerable electoral success, as well. This paper argues that a conservative party can succeed electorally and consolidate organizationally when it is supported by two strong groups in society: the business community and the neoliberal technocrats. To assess the argument, I explore the successful trajectory of the rightist Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (ARENA) in El Salvador. I then evaluate the generalizability of the argument by comparing ARENA's trajectory with another conservative party in the region, Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI) in Chile. In addition to proposing a new theory for conservative party success in Latin America, the paper calls for the revival of socioeconomic explanations in political science.... view less


Recientemente, América Latina ha vivido un auge de gobiernos de izquierda que han atraído la atención de académicos y especialistas. Sin embargo, algunos partidos de derecha han logrado considerable éxito también. Este artículo sugiere que este último tipo de partidos pueden ser electoralmente exit... view more

Recientemente, América Latina ha vivido un auge de gobiernos de izquierda que han atraído la atención de académicos y especialistas. Sin embargo, algunos partidos de derecha han logrado considerable éxito también. Este artículo sugiere que este último tipo de partidos pueden ser electoralmente exitosos y consolidar su organización cuando los apoyan dos fuertes grupos de la sociedad: los empresarios y los tecnócratas neoliberales. Para desarrollar dicho argumento, este ensayo examina el partido salvadoreño “Alianza Republicana Nacionalista” (ARENA) y lo compara con el, también exitoso, “Unión Demócrata Independiente” (UDI) de Chile. Así, además de proponer una teoría nueva sobre el éxito de partidos de derecha en America Latina, este artículo llama la atención sobre la utilidad de las explicaciones socioeconómicas en la Ciencia Política.... view less

Keywords
trade association; party; political theory; Latin America; success; expert; party system; Chile; Central America; Andean Region; popularity; El Salvador; international comparison; technocracy; neoliberalism; socioeconomic factors; conservative party; election result; economy; South America; developing country

Classification
General History
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Political Economy

Method
theory application; empirical; historical; quantitative empirical

Free Keywords
Political Science; Political parties; Conservative parties; Relations between economic actors and states/ politics; Pressure group politics; Professional associations; Experts; Ciencia Política; Partidos políticos; Partidos conservadores; Relaciones entre actores económicos y estados; Política de los grupos de presión; Asociaciones profesionales; Expertos; Recent; Reciente

Document language
English

Publication Year
2010

Page/Pages
p. 79-106

Journal
Journal of Politics in Latin America, 2 (2010) 1

ISSN
1868-4890

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works


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