This book explores the impact of economic crises and free-market reforms on party systems
and political representation in contemporary Latin America. It explains why some patterns of …

Since the mid-1990s, a number of governments in the global South have instituted
programmes which provide regular cash grants to poor people. The results of cash transfer …

Why do some parties formed by social movements develop top-down structures while others
stay more open and responsive to their social bases? The first rigorous comparative study of …

Two images of populism are well-established: it is either labelled as a pathological political
phenomenon, or it is regarded as the most authentic form of political representation. In this …

This book offers an innovative perspective on the ever-widening gap between the poor and
the state in Latin American politics. It presents a comprehensive analysis of the main social …

El “giro a la izquierda” de gran parte de los gobiernos latinoamericanos durante el siglo XXI
colocó a las ciencias sociales frente al desafío de analizar las especificidades que …

This comparative study of Latin American conservative politics over the past twenty years
analyzes right-of-center actors, electoral movements, parties, and economic policy …

In this paper, we critically engage with the notion of a 'post-neoliberal turn'in Latin America.
The analysis interrogates the existence and characteristics of post-neoliberalism as a mode …

As a political rallying cry,“power to the people” is widely used—and surely abused—by a
vast array of popular movements with distinct social bases and diverse ideological …

This introduction assesses the effects of Latin America's pink tide on gender equality in the
region. We find that left governments and left competition provide an opportunity for …