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3 - Voluntary Activism in the FA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2019

Verónica Pérez Bentancur
Affiliation:
Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Rafael Piñeiro Rodríguez
Affiliation:
Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Fernando Rosenblatt
Affiliation:
Universidad Diego Portales, Chile
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Summary

This chapter describes grassroots activism and the FA’s peculiar organizational structure in which 7,000 grassroots activists have a significant autonomous voice in the FA decision-making bodies. Grassroots activists’ participation in the FA occurs in Base Committees (the movement) and in the different FA factions (the coalition), two different avenues of engagement with the FA. In the former, there is no direct control of factions, leaders, or party elites because Base Committees are not involved in candidate selection. The chapter provides a thick description of the party´s structure and shows the relevance of activism in the FA and its interaction with leaders and factions in party life.

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How Party Activism Survives
Uruguay's Frente Amplio
, pp. 47 - 80
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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