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 …

Throughout the twentieth century, much of the population in Latin America lacked access to
social protection. Since the 1990s, however, social policy for millions of outsiders-rural …

Latin America experienced an unprecedented wave of left-leaning governments between
1998 and 2010. This volume examines the causes of this leftward turn and the …

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

Based on a detailed study of 35 cases in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and post-communist
Eurasia, this book explores the fate of competitive authoritarian regimes between 1990 and …

Populism is best understood as a Manichaean worldview linked to a characteristic language
or discourse. Chavismo, the movement that sustains Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, is a …

Why do strong opposition party organizations emerge in some democratizing countries,
while those in others remain weak or quickly fragment on ethnic lines? From Protest to …

Natural resource extraction has fueled protest movements in Latin America and existing
research has drawn considerable scholarly attention to the politics of antimarket contention …

Democracy has provided opportunities for political representation and accountability, but it
has also created incentives for creating and maintaining clientelistic networks. Why has …

Scholars of post-communist politics often argue that parties in new democracies lack strong
organizations-sizable membership, local presence, and professional management-because …