TY - JOUR
T1 - Partisanship and policy choice
T2 - What's left for the left in Latin America?
AU - Kingstone, Peter
AU - Young, Joseph
PY - 2009/3
Y1 - 2009/3
N2 - Leftists seem to be on the rise in Latin America, but it is unclear to what extent this impacts policy. Thus, a crucial question hangs over this apparent ĝ€shiftĝ€ in regional preferences: does the left have any real options to offer? Or in Latin America in an age of globalization, ĝ€what's left for the left?ĝ€ The contending perspectives are compared, and then the evidence is evaluated using a series of econometric models. In sum, no discernible policy differences between the left and the rest were found. In the conclusion, the implications of this result for Latin American democracy are discussed.
AB - Leftists seem to be on the rise in Latin America, but it is unclear to what extent this impacts policy. Thus, a crucial question hangs over this apparent ĝ€shiftĝ€ in regional preferences: does the left have any real options to offer? Or in Latin America in an age of globalization, ĝ€what's left for the left?ĝ€ The contending perspectives are compared, and then the evidence is evaluated using a series of econometric models. In sum, no discernible policy differences between the left and the rest were found. In the conclusion, the implications of this result for Latin American democracy are discussed.
KW - Global economy
KW - Latin America
KW - Neoliberal reform
KW - Partisanship
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U2 - 10.1177/1065912908314198
DO - 10.1177/1065912908314198
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:67949119007
SN - 1065-9129
VL - 62
SP - 29
EP - 41
JO - Political Research Quarterly
JF - Political Research Quarterly
IS - 1
ER -