Publications on


Latin American Party Systems


by Michael Coppedge



Refereed Journal Articles
  • "The Dynamic Diversity of Latin American Party Systems," Party Politics 4:4 (October 1998): 547-568.
  • "District Magnitude, Economic Performance, and Party-System Fragmentation in Five Latin American Countries," Comparative Political Studies 30:1 (April 1997).
  • "Parties and Society in Mexico and Venezuela: Why Competition Matters," Comparative Politics 25:3 (April 1993): 253-74.

    Articles Published by University Presses
  • "A Classification of Latin American Political Parties," Kellogg Institute Working Paper No. 244 (November 1997).

    Articles Published by Commercial Presses
  • "The Evolution of Latin American Party Systems," in Scott Mainwaring and Arturo Valenzuela, eds., Politics, Society, and Democracy: Latin America, pp. 171-206 (Westview, 1998).
  • "El concepto de la gobernabilidad: Modelos positivos y negativos," in Esteban Vega, ed., Ecuador: Un problema de gobernabilidad (Quito: Corporación de Estudios para el Desarrollo (CORDES), 1997).
  • "Andean Countries," in S.M. Lipset, ed., The Encyclopedia of Democracy (Congressional Quarterly Books, 1995).
  • "Mexican Democracy: You Can't Get There from Here," in Riordan Roett, ed., Political and Economic Liberalization in Mexico: At a Critical Juncture?, pp. 127-40 (Lynne Rienner, 1993). Also published in Spanish by Siglo XXI (1993).
  • 30 articles on Peru, Ecuador, and Venezuela for the Encyclopedia Americana Book of the Year 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999 (Grolier, 1990-99).

    Articles in Non-refereed Journals
  • "Instituciones y gobernabilidad democrática en América Latina," Síntesis (Madrid) 22 (julio-diciembre 1995).
  • "Prospectos de reestructuración económica y política en México," Este País (Mexico City), No. 14 (May 1992): 43-45.

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