In 2007, the left came to power in Ecuador. In the years that followed, the “twenty-first-
century socialist” government and a coalition of grassroots activists came to blows over the …

Social movements have an elusive power but one that is altogether real. From the French
and American revolutions to the Arab Spring, and to ethnic and terrorist movements of today …

Polarization may be the most consistent effect of populism, as it is integral to the logic of
constructing populist subjects. This article distinguishes between constitutive, spatial and …

How do social movements intersect with the agendas of mainstream political parties? When
they are integrated with parties, are they coopted? Or are they more radically …

Al comenzar la segunda década del siglo xxI, América Latina es escenario de un avance de
las fuerzas políticas de derecha. El giro a la izquierda ha quedado atrás y más allá del …

Political parties with activists are in decline due to various external shocks. Societal
changes, like the emergence of new technologies of communication have diminished the …

How do governments address complex, cross-sectoral problems, like the COVID-19
pandemic? Why were some Latin American countries more successful at containing the …

Studies of social movements generally focus on the mechanisms through which movements
affect the political will of states. Much of this research, in turn, implicitly assumes that the …

Many contemporary party organizations are failing to fulfill their representational role in
contemporary democracies. While political scientists tend to rely on a minimalist definition of …

Latin American states took dramatic steps toward greater inclusion during the late twentieth
and early twenty-first Centuries. Bringing together an accomplished group of scholars, this …