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 …

From the co-authors of the classic Civil Society and Political Theory, Populism and Civil
Society offers an empirically informed, systematic theoretical analysis of the political …

Neoliberalism changed the face of Latin America and left average citizens struggling to cope
in many ways. Popular sectors were especially hard hit as wages declined and …

“Is there a unique mode of development in Latin America, or a great diversity, each country
being different from others? Between these two extreme scientific positions, Ilán Bizberg …

The study of Latin American politics has always generated great new research questions,
and within Latin America, no country's experience has generated more interesting questions …

Populism stands in tension with (liberal) democracy. In the opening chapter of this volume,
we maintained that in order to understand this tension, it is necessary to move from …

Over the last four decades, the role of the extractive sector in the development models of
Venezuela and Ecuador has changed significantly. This study examines how class struggle …

This book offers a fresh appraisal of the nature and significance of the democratic Left in the
Global South. The moral and intellectual leadership of the Left is shifting south from its …

In this book, Enrico Padoan proposes an original middle-range theory to explain the
emergence and the internal organisation of anti-neoliberal populist parties in Latin America …

In June of 2010, just 12 months before the start of construction of Belo Monte, the world's
third largest hydroelectric facility, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited the …