| Latin American Traditional Parties 1978-2006:: electoral Trajectories and Internal Party Politics Subjects: Partidos políticos -- América Latina -- 1978–2006; Partidos políticos -- América Latina -- Estudio de casos; América Latina -- Política y gobierno; Parties are the major actors democracies. They have been acknowledged repeatedly as the critical link between voters, representatives and guarantors of democratic governance. Without them, a democracy can hardly be said to exist because they are the principal links between government and society. |