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100			_aDavis, Charles L.
245			_aThe influence of party systems of citizens' perceptions of corruption and electoral response in Latin America
260			_c2004
300			_ap.677-703.
362			_aAug
520			_aThis study examines how different party systems in Latin America affect the capability of opposition parties to use public concerns about political corruption for electoral mobilization. Opposition partisanship is more strongly linked to perceptions of corruption in the ideologically polarized party system of Chile than in the hegemonic party system then in decline in Mexico or in the centrist two-party system of Costa Rica. However, the capability of opposition parties in all three party systems to mobilize electoral support among voters dissatisfied with corruption is weakened by the tendency of these politically allienated citizens to withdrawn from all types of political involvement. Implications of the findings for redressing problems of political corruption through the electoral process and for a deepening of democracy in Latin America are discussed. - Reproduced.
650			_aCorruption - Latin America
650			_aPolitical corruption - Latin America
650			_aPolitical corruption
700			_aKenneth M.
700			_aCamp, Roderic Ai
773			_aComparative Political Studies
909			_a62420
999			_c62420 _d62420