Bankrupt Representation and Party System Collapse
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- PART 1 Understanding party system collapse: concepts and theory -- 1 Introduction: The Catastrophe of Collapse -- 2 What It Looks Like: System Change, Transformation, and Collapse -- 3 Theorizing Collapse: Challenges, Constraints, and Decaying Linkage -- PART 2 Linkage failure and Venezuelan collapse -- 4 The Party System at Its Peak -- 5 Policy Unresponsiveness and Ideological Convergence -- 6 Social Transformation and Failing Group Incorporation -- 7 Resource Shortages and Clientelist Excesses -- 8 Linkage Failure and Mass Exodus from the Party System -- PART 3 Party system collapse and survival in comparative perspective -- 9 A Comparative Approach to Analyzing Party System Collapse -- 10 Bankrupt Representation in Italy, Colombia, and Bolivia -- 11 Survival Tactics in Argentina, Belgium, Uruguay, and India -- 12 Insights into Collapse and Its Consequences -- Appendixes -- References -- Index