Resurgence of Populism in Latin America
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group; Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781626376670
Subjects: Populism; Political parties, latin america; Latin america, politics and government
Description: Latin America has recently experienced a powerful resurgence of populism, a phenomenon that has had an outsized influence on the region’s politics. What explains this resurgence? And what is distinctive about this new populist era? Answering these questions, Robert Barr offers a refined conceptualization of populism and an intriguing explanation of its recent electoral successes across the continent. --