7 The National Action Party (PAN): From the Fringes of the Political System to the Heart of Change

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. TABLES, FIGURES, MAPS, AND APPENDICES xi
5. CONTRIBUTORS xv
6. Part I OVERVIEWS
7. 1 Party Objectives in Authoritarian Regimes with Elections or Fragile Democracies: A Dual Game 3
8. 2 The Diversity of Christian Democracy in Latin America 30
9. 3 The Transformation of Christian Democratic Ideology: Transcending Left and Right, or Whatever Happened to the Third Way? 64
10. 4 Sowing Ideas: Explaining the Origins of Christian Democratic Parties in Latin America 78
11. Part II TWO MAJOR CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTIES
12. 5 A Highly Institutionalized Political Party: Christian Democracy in Chile 121
13. 6 The Future of Chilean Christian Democracy 162
14. 7 The National Action Party (PAN): From the Fringes of the Political System to the Heart of Change 196
15. 8 Catching All Souls: The Partido Acción Nacional and the Politics of Religion in Mexico 247
16. Part III CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTIES IN DECLINE
17. 9 The Rise and Decline of COPEI in Venezuela 275
18. 10 The Limits of Reformism: The Rise and Fall of Christian Democracy in El Salvador and Guatemala 301
19. 11 The Great Minority: Christian Democracy in Peru 330
20. 12 The Transformation and Decline of Christian Democracy in Latin America 364
21. INDEX 385