Scott Mainwaring is the Eugene and Helen Conley Chair and is Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. Timothy R. Scully is Executive Vice-President and Professor of Government and International Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

"These well-written and well-documented essays on important actors of the political party systems demonstrate the fragile institutional underpinnings of current Latin American democracy."—Hispanic American Historical Review

Scott Mainwaring is the Eugene and Helen Conley Chair and is Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. Timothy R. Scully is Executive Vice-President and Professor of Government and International Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

"These well-written and well-documented essays on important actors of the political party systems demonstrate the fragile institutional underpinnings of current Latin American democracy."—Hispanic American Historical Review

Scott Mainwaring is the Eugene and Helen Conley Chair and is Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. Timothy R. Scully is Executive Vice-President and Professor of Government and International Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

"These well-written and well-documented essays on important actors of the political party systems demonstrate the fragile institutional underpinnings of current Latin American democracy."—Hispanic American Historical Review