Kevin J. Middlebrook is Director of Research at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California-San Diego. He is the author of The Paradox of Revolution: Labor, the State, and Authoritarianism in Mexico, also available from Johns Hopkins.

The essays are uniformly of high quality, interesting, and well integrated with one another. -- Michael A. Morris Perspectives on Political Science A solid collection of essays from top scholars. -- Jennifer S. Holmes Journal of Politics Middlebrook's volume is the most important cross-national volume to date for understanding conservative parties in the Americas. -- Peter M. Siavelis Latin American Research Review 2004

• List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsPrincipal AcronymsChapter 1. Introduction: Conservative Parties, Elite Representation, and Democracy in Latin AmericaPart I: Established Conservative Parties and the Challenge of DemocracyChapter 2. Atavism and Democratic Ambiguity in the chilean RightChapter 3. The Conservative party and the Crisis of Political Legitimacy in ColombiaChapter 4. Venezuelan Parties and the Representation of Elite InterestsPart II: Democratization, the Right, and New Conservative PartiesChapter 5. Ruling Without a Party: Argentine Dominant Classes in the Twentieth Century Chapter 6. Conservative Parties, Democracy, and Economic Reform in Contemporary Brazil Chapter 7. Civil War and the Transformation of Elite Representation in El Salvador Chapter 8. The Irrelevant Right: Alberto Fujimori and the New Politics of Pragmatic PeruChapter 9. Conclusion: Conservative Politics, the Right, and Democracy in Latin AmericaStatistical Appendix: National Election Results, 1980s and 1990s, for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Peru, and VenezuelaNotesList of ContributorsIndex

Kevin J. Middlebrook is Director of Research at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California-San Diego. He is the author of The Paradox of Revolution: Labor, the State, and Authoritarianism in Mexico, also available from Johns Hopkins.

The essays are uniformly of high quality, interesting, and well integrated with one another. -- Michael A. Morris Perspectives on Political Science A solid collection of essays from top scholars. -- Jennifer S. Holmes Journal of Politics Middlebrook's volume is the most important cross-national volume to date for understanding conservative parties in the Americas. -- Peter M. Siavelis Latin American Research Review 2004

• List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsPrincipal AcronymsChapter 1. Introduction: Conservative Parties, Elite Representation, and Democracy in Latin AmericaPart I: Established Conservative Parties and the Challenge of DemocracyChapter 2. Atavism and Democratic Ambiguity in the chilean RightChapter 3. The Conservative party and the Crisis of Political Legitimacy in ColombiaChapter 4. Venezuelan Parties and the Representation of Elite InterestsPart II: Democratization, the Right, and New Conservative PartiesChapter 5. Ruling Without a Party: Argentine Dominant Classes in the Twentieth Century Chapter 6. Conservative Parties, Democracy, and Economic Reform in Contemporary Brazil Chapter 7. Civil War and the Transformation of Elite Representation in El Salvador Chapter 8. The Irrelevant Right: Alberto Fujimori and the New Politics of Pragmatic PeruChapter 9. Conclusion: Conservative Politics, the Right, and Democracy in Latin AmericaStatistical Appendix: National Election Results, 1980s and 1990s, for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Peru, and VenezuelaNotesList of ContributorsIndex

Kevin J. Middlebrook is Director of Research at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California-San Diego. He is the author of The Paradox of Revolution: Labor, the State, and Authoritarianism in Mexico, also available from Johns Hopkins.

The essays are uniformly of high quality, interesting, and well integrated with one another. -- Michael A. Morris Perspectives on Political Science A solid collection of essays from top scholars. -- Jennifer S. Holmes Journal of Politics Middlebrook's volume is the most important cross-national volume to date for understanding conservative parties in the Americas. -- Peter M. Siavelis Latin American Research Review 2004

• List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsPrincipal AcronymsChapter 1. Introduction: Conservative Parties, Elite Representation, and Democracy in Latin AmericaPart I: Established Conservative Parties and the Challenge of DemocracyChapter 2. Atavism and Democratic Ambiguity in the chilean RightChapter 3. The Conservative party and the Crisis of Political Legitimacy in ColombiaChapter 4. Venezuelan Parties and the Representation of Elite InterestsPart II: Democratization, the Right, and New Conservative PartiesChapter 5. Ruling Without a Party: Argentine Dominant Classes in the Twentieth Century Chapter 6. Conservative Parties, Democracy, and Economic Reform in Contemporary Brazil Chapter 7. Civil War and the Transformation of Elite Representation in El Salvador Chapter 8. The Irrelevant Right: Alberto Fujimori and the New Politics of Pragmatic PeruChapter 9. Conclusion: Conservative Politics, the Right, and Democracy in Latin AmericaStatistical Appendix: National Election Results, 1980s and 1990s, for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Peru, and VenezuelaNotesList of ContributorsIndex