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Partidos y sistemas de partidos en América Latina: Aproximaciones desde la encuesta a expertos 2009

Translated title of the contribution: Parties and party systems in Latin America: Perspectives from an expert survey 2009

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Abstract

This research note presents a classification of Latin American parties and party systems, according to mainstream ideological currents and country-specific competitive patterns. This classification is based on a preliminary analysis of the results of an expert survey on Latin American party systems that was carried out from 2007 to 2009. We factor-analyze parties' positions on a wide set of issues and estimate three (latent) ideological dimensions: statism, conservatism (moral, religious, nationalist), and attitudes towards democracy. On the basis of these three ideological dimensions we perform a cluster analysis and classify the political parties of the region in ten "ideological families".

Translated title of the contributionParties and party systems in Latin America: Perspectives from an expert survey 2009
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)775-798
Number of pages24
JournalRevista de Ciencia Politica
Volume29
Issue number3
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

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