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Title Populism : Latin American perspectives / edited by Ronaldo Munck, Mariana Mastrangelo, Pablo Pozzi
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing , 2023

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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
Summary 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 left and right and is a new political phenomenon
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed March 27th, 2023)
Subject Populism -- Latin America
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Radicalism
Populism
Latin America
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
Author Munck, Ronaldo, editor
Mastrangelo Mariana, editor
Pozzi, Pablo, editor
ISBN 9781788215992
1788215990
1788216008
9781788216005