Uruguay’s Frente Amplio was founded in 1971 as a coalition of left and center-left political organizations to oppose the increasingly authoritarian government of Jorge Pacheco Areco. At the height of Latin America’s Cold War, during an era when many activists were turning away from traditional political parties, the Frente Amplio rank-and-file demanded the creation of a bottom-up movement and a voice in party decision-making. From its inception, the Frente Amplio attracted members who joined the party via its base committees, which forced the coalition’s leaders to develop a common structure that included the grassroots movement in almost all levels of the organization. The authors of the volume under review argue that party activism was “locked in” at the birth of the Frente Amplio, and that this accounts for its ability to maintain high levels of organizational vitality and participation for almost 50 years.

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乌拉圭 - 政党激进主义如何生存：乌拉圭的 Frente Amplio。作者：Veronica Pérez Bentancur、Rafael Piñeiro Rodríguez 和 Fernando Rosenblatt。剑桥：剑桥大学出版社，2020 年。Pp。194. 99.99 美元的布料。

乌拉圭的 Amplio 成立于 1971 年，是一个由左翼和中左翼政治组织组成的联盟，旨在反对豪尔赫·帕切科·阿雷科（Jorge Pacheco Areco）日益专制的政府。在拉丁美洲冷战的高峰期，在一个许多活动家远离传统政党的时代，Amplio 基层组织要求创建自下而上的运动并在政党决策中发出声音。从一开始，Amplio 阵线就吸引了通过其基层委员会加入该党的成员，这迫使联盟的领导人制定了一个共同的结构，其中包括该组织几乎所有级别的草根运动。正在审查的卷的作者认为，党的激进主义在 Frente Amplio 诞生时就被“锁定”了，