Description
This book analyzes the transformation of the political right in Latin America in response to the strengthening of left-wing parties and movements throughout the region. While Latin America's post-2000 left has been widely studied, little is known about right-wing political formations during and after that time. There is a paucity of research on recent phenomena associated with the reorganization of the Right: the polarization of Latin American electorates and elites; the rebranding of pre-existing conservative parties; the creation of new right-wing parties; and the rise of the radical right. This volume provides a comprehensive account of the strategies used by the political right since 2000. It analyzes both the supply side (parties, movements, and personalist vehicles) and the demand side (voters and public opinion) to provide a description and explanation of how the right has recast itself as a new political force across the entire region of Latin America.
Table of Contents
Introduction. The Recasting of the Latin American Right André Borges, Gabriel Vommaro and Ryan Lloyd; Part I. Building Right-Wing Parties and Partisans: 1. Conservative Decay and Reaction: Accounting for the Divergent Trajectories of the Latin American Right André Borges and Ryan Lloyd; 2. Conservative Parties in Latin America in Adverse Times: The Rise of the Argentine PRO in Comparative Perspective Gabriel Vommaro; 3. Crafting Partisanship in the Context of Party Organization Fragility: The Resilience of Fujimorismo in the Electoral Arena Carlos Meléndez; 4. The Uneven Success of Uribismo in Colombia Juan Albarracín, Laura Gamboa and Juan Pablo Milanese; 5. Right-Wing Partisans in Contemporary Chile Ariel Becerra and Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser; Part II. A New Right? Ideational and Programmatic Change after the Left Turn: 6. Progressive Policy Change, Cultural Backlash and Party Polarization in Latin America André Borges and Robert Vidigal; 7. The Latin American Populist Radical Right in Comparative Perspective: Constraints and Opportunities Lisa Zanotti; 8. Between Gattopardismo and Ideational Change: The Mainstream Chilean Right's Winding Road to Moderation Stéphanie Alenda, Miguel Angel López, Kenneth Bunker and Nicolás Miranda; 9. Whose Right, Whose Left? Navigating the Complexities of Right-Wing Politics in Venezuela Maryhen Jiménez and Guillermo T. Aveledo; 10. A Conversion to the Right: The Case of the 2018 Election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil Matheus Ferreira, Mario Fuks and Amy Erica Smith; Conclusions. Re-assessing the Resurgence of the Latin American Right André Borges, Gabriel Vommaro and Ryan Lloyd.
