Populism in Latin America

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This updated edition of Populism in Latin America discusses new developments in populism as a political phenomenon and the emergence of new populist political figures in Mexico, Argentina, and Venezuela in particular.   For more than one hundred years—from the beginning of the twentieth to the early twenty-first century—Latin American populists proved amazingly successful at gaining high office, holding on to power, maintaining their followings, and renewing their careers.  They raised more campaign money, got more voters to the polls,and held followers’ allegiances far better than traditional politicians.  Certainly some populist leaders were corrupt, others manipulated their followers, and still others disgraced themselves. Nevertheless, populist leaders were  extraordinarily effective in reaching masses of voters, and some left positive legacies for future generations.   Populism in Latin America examines the notion of populism in the political and social culture of Latin American societies as expressed through the populist leaders of several Latin American countries including Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. This second edition also includes a new preface by Kenneth M. Roberts, professor of comparative and Latin American politics and the Robert S. Harrison Director of the Institute for the Social Sciences at Cornell University.   Contributors Jorge Basurto / Michael L. Conniff / Paul W. Drake / Steve Ellner / Joel Horowitz / Kenneth M. Roberts / W. Frank Robinson /Ximena Sosa / Steve Stein / Kurt Weyland Contents List of Illustrations Preface / Kenneth Roberts Introduction / Michael L. Conniff 1. Populism and Its Legacies in Argentina /Joel Horowitz 2. Brazil’s PopulistRepublic and Beyond / Michael L. Conniff 3. Chile’s Populism Reconsidered, 1920s–1990s /Paul W. Drake 4. Populism in Mexico: From Cárdenas to López Obrador /Jorge Basurto 5. The Paths to Populism in Peru /Steve Stein 6. The Heyday of Radical Populism in Venezuela and Its Reappearance /Steve Ellner 7. Populism in Ecuador: From José M. Velasco Ibarra to Rafael Correa /Ximena Sosa 8. Panama for the Panamanians: The Populism of Arnulfo Arias Madrid /William Francis Robinson 9. Populism in the Age of Neoliberalism /Kurt Weyland Contributors Index