Right-Wing Populism in Latin America and Beyond

<p>With contributions from 22 scholars and empirical material from 29 countries within and beyond Latin America this book identifies subtypes of populism to further understand right-wing populist movements parties leaders and governments. It seeks to examine whether the term populism continues to have any validity and what relationship(s) it has to democracy.</p><ul> <li>Part 1 is an exploration of populism as an analytical concept. It asks how populism can and should be defined; whether populism can be broken down into subtypes; and whether the use of the term within and beyond Latin America in recent scholarship has been consistent.</li> <li>Part 2 focuses on political economy and specifically whether political economy explanations of both the causes and consequences of right-wing populism fit recent cases in Latin America Europe and the Philippines.</li> <li>Part 3 examines institutions and in particular institutions of coercion and digital communication. It contains chapter studies on various aspects of populism in Brazil Spain India and Italy.</li> <li>Part 4 concerns the coronavirus pandemic and the specific case of right-wing populism in Brazil. It examines the Bolsonaro government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and how that response exacerbated the health crisis and reduced the government’s popularity.</li> </ul><p><i>Right-Wing Populism in Latin America and Beyond</i> is a timely and socially relevant contribution to the understanding of contemporary challenges to democracy. It will be of interest to scholars students and practitioners eager to understand the rise in right-wing agendas across the globe.</p>