Why New Parties Split
The Schism of Peru's United Left in Comparative Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3563336 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brandon Van Dyck (0000-0002-6746-6193, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 889-918 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022216x18000251 |
| OpenAlex | W2790568185 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
Why do new parties split? Scholars of new party schisms shy away from leadership-centred explanations for fear of excessive voluntarism and thus fail to conceptualise differences between leaders systematically. This article challenges that trend, arguing that externally appealing, internally dominant leaders generate cohesion in new parties. It analyses why some externally appealing leaders are internally dominant, while others are not, and argues that this variation can make the difference between schism and survival. The article supports its argument through a representative case study: the fatal (and consequential) schism of Peru's United Left coalition in the late 1980s
Argument (complex analysis) · Cohesion (chemistry) · Economics · Epistemology · Perspective (graphical) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Schism · Sociology · Voluntarism (philosophy) · Law · Philosophy · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Society in Latin America · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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