Populism: Latin American Perspectives First Edition Ronaldo Munck

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• ISBN 10:1788215990
• ISBN 13:9781788215992
• Author: Ronaldo Munck

Populism has become one of the most overused terms in political discourse today. It can embrace authoritarian and nativist right-wing politicians but also those on the left who appeal for popular support for transformation. In its dominant usage it is seen as inimical to the values of liberal democracy. Yet others see it as part of the construction of a people-centred project that can realize true democracy. What is clear is that much of the debate around populism has been from the perspective of the global North and the voice of the South has been largely missing. This volume addresses this absence and provides a Latin American perspective to the global study of populism. It argues that Latin America in its rich and early experience of populism is a valuable laboratory to further our understanding and to address the question of whether populism now goes beyond the dichotomy of left and right and is a new political phenomenon. The book presents a series of case studies with cross-cutting overview chapters that highlight the lessons to be learned from new research. Each chapter is set within a tight conceptual framework in order to better understand contemporary Latin American politics “after the pink tide” and to enrich the international debate on populism from a Latin American perspective.

Table contents:

1 Populism in Latin America: development, democracy and social transformation

2 Peronism in Argentina: left or right?

3 The populist left in Chile: socialists and communists from 1936 to 1973

4 The left and the Workers’ Party in Brazil: a party between populism, social policies and the pop

5 Brazil, Bolsonaro and populism of the right

6 Political dilemmas of the government of López Obrador: between populism, democracy and the left i

7 The Bolivarian process in Venezuela: socialism, populism or neoliberalism?

8 Populist responses to crises of market democracy: the case of Bolivia’s Evo Morales

9 Ecuador: populism and the 2007–17 political cycle

10 The Nicaraguan crisis and the mirage of left populism

11 Populism and the right in Latin America

12 Populism and the left in Latin America

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