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Anthony Pahnke, Brazil’s Long Revolution: Radical Achievements of the Landless Workers Movement. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2018. Figures, tables, bibliography, index, 304 pp.; hardcover $65, ebook $65.

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porated it into their vote, or to the role of corruption scandals in shaping views of the government. The volume might have benefited from a chapter that focused specifically on… Click to show full abstract

porated it into their vote, or to the role of corruption scandals in shaping views of the government. The volume might have benefited from a chapter that focused specifically on how voters viewed these elements of the accountability process and that documented the origins of the anti-incumbent sentiment that helped split the Peronist movement and also ultimately helped propel Macri to victory. Second, the book looks at how dynamics in Argentina have evolved over time, but a lack of comparable data makes it difficult to directly compare the dynamics documented in this book with those in previous elections. I would have loved to see analyses putting the 2015 elections in context by looking at comparable models of how demographic divides, partisanship, or issues shaped those elections (albeit without panel data). Finally, the book’s ambition to address multiple themes means that it does not emerge with a single, coherent message, and the chapters do not all build on each other. The book could have benefited from a strong concluding chapter by the editors to bring the analyses back together, draw common conclusions, and lay out steps for further research on these questions. These concerns should not diminish, however, what the contributors to this volume have achieved. The ambitious data collection by the editors and broad analyses by the contributors should be a model for scholarship on the region. Scholars interested in understanding the evolving nature of Argentine party politics or the nature of political representation in Latin America will learn a lot from this book. Matthew M. Singer University of Connecticut

Keywords: anthony pahnke; brazil long; movement; university; book; pahnke brazil

Journal Title: Latin American Politics and Society
Year Published: 2020

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