Populism : Latin American perspectives

Populism : Latin American perspectives / edited by Ronaldo Munck, Mariana Mastrangelo, Pablo Pozzi.

This volume contributes a Latin American perspective to the global debate on populism. It argues that Latin America in its rich and early experience of populism is a valuable laboratory to take our understanding forward and to address the question of whether populism goes beyond the dichotomy of lef...

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Other Authors: Munck, Ronaldo (Editor), Mastrangelo Mariana (Editor), Pozzi, Pablo (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing , 2023.
Subjects:
Populism > Latin America.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Radicalism
Populism
Latin America
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Half Title
  • Series Information
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations and acronyms
  • Foreword by Jean Grugel
  • Introduction
  • 1 Populism in Latin America: development, democracy and social transformation
  • Rethinking populism
  • Latin American perspectives
  • Classical populism
  • Contemporary populism
  • References
  • 2 Peronism in Argentina: left or right?
  • Introduction
  • Ex machina origin
  • Peronism as passive revolution
  • Everything flows
  • Historical shifts
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • 3 The populist left in Chile: socialists and communists from 1936 to 1973
  • Introduction
  • The institutionalization of the popular movement and the rise of populism
  • Continuities and ruptures on the Chilean left
  • The rise and radicalization of popular struggles
  • References
  • 4 The left and the Workers' Party in Brazil: a party between populism, social policies and the popular vote
  • The origins of Brazilian populism
  • Social policies
  • Political intermediation
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 5 Brazil, Bolsonaro and populism of the right
  • Representation crisis: the global wave that arrived in Brazil in 2013
  • The anti-PT movement and the rise of Bolsonarism
  • POPUlism, left and right
  • Final considerations: between neofascism and neoliberalism
  • References
  • 6 Political dilemmas of the government of López Obrador: between populism, democracy and the left in Mexico
  • Introduction
  • AMLO and the "Nation Project"
  • Left-wing populisms
  • The state reform initiative
  • Social policy and its implementation
  • Energy, labour and agriculture
  • Migration and insecurity
  • The other left
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 7 The Bolivarian process in Venezuela: socialism, populism or neoliberalism?
  • Introduction
  • Hugo Chávez: from the Third Way to socialism
  • Chávez's programme of nationalization
  • Reflection
  • The return to the neoliberal and authoritarian past under the government of Nicolás Maduro
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • 8 Populist responses to crises of market democracy: the case of Bolivia's Evo Morales
  • Antecedent era: market democracy and popular resistance
  • Constructing post-neoliberal democracy and the constituent assembly process (2006-09)
  • Tensions in the post-neoliberal process (2009-14)
  • Re-election referendum, contested elections, coup and a new MAS-led era (2014-21)
  • Populism and democracy: lessons from Bolivia
  • References
  • 9 Ecuador: populism and the 2007-17 political cycle
  • Introduction
  • The exhaustion of neoliberalism (1982-2005) and the rise of "populism"
  • Rafael Correa's electoral triumph and the beginning of a new political cycle
  • The efficient political machinery of the Citizen Revolution
  • The middle classes: the political foundations of the Citizen Revolution

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