Download or read book Transforming Labor-Based Parties in Latin America written by Steven Levitsky and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-27 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explains why some contemporary Latin American labor-based parties adapted successfully to the challenges of neoliberalism and working class decline. It argues that loosely structured party organizations tend to be more flexible than the bureaucratic structures found in most labor-based parties. The argument is illustrated through an analysis of the Argentine (Peronist) Justicialista Party (PJ). The book shows how PJ's fluid internal structure allowed it to adapt and transform itself from a union-dominated populist party into a vehicle for carrying out radical market-oriented economic reforms.