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Christian Democracy in Latin America: Electoral Competition and Regime Conflicts
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CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA

CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA ••••

Electoral Competition and Regime Conflicts •••• Edited by

Scott Mainwaring and Timothy R. Scully

•••• Stanford [!niuersity Press Stanford, California 2003

Stanford University Press Stanford, California

© 2003 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Christian democracy in Latin America : electoral competition and regime conflicts I edited by Scott Mainwaring and Timothy R. Scully. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8047-4597-8 (cloth: alk. paper) ISBN 0-8047-4598-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Christian democratic parties-Latin America. 2. Christicm democracy -Latin America. I. Mainwaring, Scott II. Scully, Timothy. JL969.A45 C47 2003 324.2'182'098-dc21 2002015663 Original Printing 2003 Last figure below indicates year of this printing: 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 Typeset by G&S Typesetters in 10/12 Bembo.

We dedicate this book to Rod and Dorothy Elfin and to Bette Ann Scully, inspirations in our lives

CONTENTS Acknowledgments 1x List of Tables, Figures, Maps, and Appendices Contributors xv

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PART I. OVERVIEWS 1. Party Objectives in Authoritarian Regimes with Elections or Fragile Democracies: A Dual Game 3

Scott Mainwaring 2. The Diversity of Christian Democracy in Latin America Scott Mainwari11~ and Timothy R. Scully

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3. The Transformation of Christian Democratic Ideolot,ry: Transcending Left and Right, or Whatever Happened to the Third Way? 64 Paul E. Sigmund 4. Sowing Ideas: Explaining the Origins of Christian Democratic Parties in Latin America Kirk A. Hawkins

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PART II. TWO MAJOR CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTIES 5. A Highly Institutionalized Political Party: Christian Democracy in Chile 121 Carlos Huneeus 6. The Future of Chilean Christian Democracy ~'