A historic shift has occurred in the organizational structures through which the lower classes in Latin America express voice and find political representation. With the political and economic reforms of the 1980s and 1990s, networks of community-based associations and nongovernmental organizations replaced party-affiliated labor unions as the predominant organizations to which the lower classes turned. This volume examines the new "interest regime" in Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Venezuela through two extensive surveys—one of individuals and one of associations—undertaken in those nations' capital cities.

Contrary to common perceptions, the new interest regime is neither a vibrant, autonomous civil society nor a set of weak, atomized organizations. Participation in associations is generally high, compared to "direct action" as a strategy for pursuing collective interests, and associations more frequently coordinate and engage the state than has sometimes been assumed. However, various forms of interaction with the state pose a classic trade-off between representation and state control, and the new interest regime is marked by representational distortion, in that the lower classes are less likely to use the new structures than the middle classes. Within these general patterns, distinct national models are emerging.

This volume represents the most ambitious and systematic effort to date to examine individual participation and associational life in Latin America and to carry out a cross-national analysis of new forms of political representation.

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Information

Publisher

Penn State University Press

Year

2015

ISBN

9780271058924

Topic

Politics & International Relations

Subtopic

Comparative Politics

Index

Politics & International Relations

Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Part I: Interest Politics and the Popular Sectors
Part II: Individual Participation in the Interest Arena
Part III: The Popular-Sector Interest Regime
Part IV: Conclusion
Appendix A: Selection of Focus Districts
Appendix B: Survey of Associations
Appendix C: Survey of Individuals
Contributors
References
Index
Back Cover