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Latin America’s Pendular Politics

Electoral Cycles and Alternations

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Editors:
  1. Olivier Dabène

    1. CERI/OPALC, Sciences Po, Paris, France

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  • The volume offers an innovative perspective on Latin American recent political evolutions
  • It documents pendular politics in contemporary Latin America focusing on cycles of elections prompting alternances
  • It offers a rich collection of case studies illuminated by top Latin-Americanist scholars

Part of the book series: Studies of the Americas (STAM)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Introduction: Electoral Cycles, Continuity, and Change in Latin American Politics: A Framework for Analysis

    • Olivier Dabène
    Pages 1-36

  5. Conservative Alternations Following a Destitution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
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    2. Brazil 2016–2018: A Double Political Alternation

      • Margaux De Barros, Kevin Kermoal, Frédéric Louault
      Pages 203-221

    3. The 2019 Elections in Bolivia

      • Sebastian Urioste
      Pages 223-251

  7. Electoral Authoritarianism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 319-319
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About this book

​This book explores pendular politics in Latin America, focusing on electoral cycles with a pattern of similar results. Latin America has been neoliberal in the 1990s, leftist during the 2000s, then conservative in 2016-2018 and progressist again since 2018.

The reference to a right/left/right/left sequence over a period of thirty years undoubtedly accounts for a singular pendulum pattern yet proves to be excessively simplistic. The right/left dichotomy hides fractures and nuances that characterize each political camp.

This book seeks to explain why some elections result in alternations and others do not. Based on an innovative theoretical framework and a unique collection of case studies, the book offers a rich understanding of Latin America’s contemporary political evolutions.

Voters are getting accustomed to punishing incumbents for not delivering in time of crises, resulting in frequent alternations. It might be good for democracy, not so much for governability.




Editors and Affiliations

  • CERI/OPALC, Sciences Po, Paris, France

    Olivier Dabène

About the editor

Olivier Dabène is Professor of Political Science at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) and Senior Researcher at the Center for International Studies (CERI, Sciences Po), France. He is also the President of the Political Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean (www.sciencespo.fr/opalc) and Visiting Professor in many Latin American universities. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Latin America’s Pendular Politics

  • Book Subtitle: Electoral Cycles and Alternations

  • Editors: Olivier Dabène

  • Series Title: Studies of the Americas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26761-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-26760-4Published: 23 March 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-26763-5Published: 24 March 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-26761-1Published: 22 March 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 382

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: International Relations Theory, International Relations

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