The relationship between populism and democracy is contested among scholars. While
some propose that populism is inherently harmful for democracy because it is anti-pluralist …

Populism and Liberal Democracy is the first book to offer a comprehensive theory about
populism during both its emergence and consolidation phases in three geographical …

Juan Peron suffocated Argentine democracy in the late 1940s and early 1950s, for instance;
then in 1955, he was dislodged by a military coup, and his unhappy country suffered a …

Although'populism'has become something of a buzzword in discussions about politics, it
tends to be studied by country or region. This is the first book to offer a genuine cross …

The phenomenon of populism and its relationship with modern democracy has gained
considerable attention in recent years. This paper aims at advancing our understanding of …

This chapter explores how scholars have conceptualized the relationship between Latin
American populism and democracy. It analyzes different approaches to populism such as …

This chapter examines the link between populism and competitive authoritarianism in Latin
America. It argues that successful populists push fragile democracies toward competitive …

One of the main ways in which populism damages democracy is through the corrosion of
political-party systems, a phenomenon that has been especially pronounced in …

This chapter brings the ideational approach to populism into dialogue with cleavage-based
accounts of party system change. Both approaches converge in the idea that failures of …

Although military rule disappeared in Latin America after 1990, other forms of
authoritarianism persisted. Competitive authoritarianism, in which democratic institutions …