Success of the Left in Latin America: Untainted Parties, Market Reforms, and Voting Behavior

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Rosario Queirolo

Success of the Left in Latin America

Untainted Parties, Market Reforms, and Voting Behavior

Rosario Queirolo

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English

University of Notre Dame Press
30 October 2013

Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies; Political parties

Series: Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development

Why, since the beginning of the twenty-first century, have so many Latin American countries elected governments identifying themselves with the ideological Left? In The Success of the Left in Latin America: Untainted Parties, Market Reforms, and Voting Behavior, Rosario Queirolo argues that the “pink tide” that swept across Latin America beginning in the late 1990s—with the election of a growing number of leftist political candidates to public office—was caused by the intent of voters to punish political parties unable to improve the economic well-being of their electorates. She argues that Latin Americans vote based on performance, ousting those whom they perceive as responsible for economic downturns, and ushering into power those in the “untainted opposition,” which has been the Left in most Latin American countries.

Queirolo argues that the effects of neoliberal economic reforms did not produce more votes for political parties on the Left. Rather, the key variable is unemployment. Left-leaning parties in Latin America increase their electoral chances when unemployment is high. In addition to explaining recent electoral successes of leftist parties, The Success of the Left in Latin America also undermines a dominant scholarly view of Latin Americans as random and unpredictable voters by showing how the electorate at the polls holds politicians accountable.

By: Rosario Queirolo
Imprint: University of Notre Dame Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 308g
ISBN: 9780268039790
ISBN 10: 0268039798
Series: Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 30 October 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rosario Queirolo is associate professor in the department of social and political science at Universidad Católica del Uruguay.

Reviews for Success of the Left in Latin America: Untainted Parties, Market Reforms, and Voting Behavior

Queirolo is at the top of her craft when it comes to debunking myths. The first important myth is the idea that the pink tide [the electoral success of parties on the left] was a novelty. . . . Queirolo shows that the region has had 'ideological cycles' in the past, and that the left was a previous favorite. . . The second set of myths Queirolo debunks is the idea that the current phase represents a rejections of the neoliberal policies predominant in the 1990s, or conversely, a sign of 'disadvantaged classes' rising politically, or something even simpler--a mere reflection of economic indicators. . . . Queirolo has offered one of the best explanations in the literature for the origins of all this pink. --The Americas