Table of Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

Preface

Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

Acknowledgments

Introduction · 1

Latin American Traditional Parties

Case Studies

Plan of the Book

Chapter One

Determinants of Parties' Electoral Performance:

Traditional Explanations Reconsidered ·

Economic Conditions

Political Context: the Impact of Scandals and Institutional Settings ·

Conclusion

Chapter Two

The Internal Organization of Latin American Parties

Organization of Parties and Their Adaptive Capacity

Institutionalization and Internal Structure of Parties

Intraparty conflict and ideological adaptation

Ideological and programmatic coherence

An alternative argument: The effect of partie´s international

Features on their electoral trajectories

The internal organization of parties

Operationalization of the Internal Characteristics of Parties

Conclusion

Chapter Three

Case Studies: Traditional Parties in Colombia and Venezuela

The Origins and Early Trajectories of Traditional Parties

The Origins of Traditional Parties

Political Pacts in Colombia and Venezuela and the Consolidation of "New" Party Systems

Economic and Politic