Elections and the Muddled Present of the Latin American Democracies

Abstract

This essay reviews the following works: Elecciones y partidos en America Latina en el cambio de ciclo. Edited by Manuel Alcantara, Maria Laura Tagina, and Daniel Buquet. Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociales, 2018. Pp.\xa0511. ISBN: 9788474767605. Presidential Campaigns in Latin America: Electoral Strategies and Success Contagion. By Taylor C. Boas. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Pp. ix + 276. $29.99 paperback. ISBN: 9781107578890. The Latin American Voter: Pursuing Representation and Accountability in Challenging Contexts. Edited by Ryan E. Carlin, Mathew M. Singer, and Elizabeth J. Zechmeister. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2015. Pp. vii + 429. $40.00 paperback. ISBN: 9780472052875. Buying Audiences: Clientelism and Electoral Campaigns When Parties Are Weak. By Paula Munoz. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Pp. xiii + 318. $105.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9781108422598. Latin American Elections: Choice and Change. By Richard Nadeau, Eric Belanger, Michael S. Lewis-Beck, Mathieu Turgeon, and Francois Gelineau. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2017. Pp. 248. $70.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9780472130221. Regime Support beyond the Balance Sheet: Participation and Policy Performance in Latin America. By Matthew Rhodes-Purdy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Pp. xi + 278. $105.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9781108420259. Partisans, Antipartisans, and Nonpartisans: Voting Behavior in Brazil. By David J. Samuels and Cesar Zucco. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Pp. xiv + 184. $99.99 hardcover. ISBN: 9781108428880. Dancing Jacobins: A Venezuelan Genealogy of Latin American Populism. By Rafael Sanchez. New York: Fordham University Press, 2016. Pp. ix + 408. $35.00 paperback. ISBN: 9780823263660.