The Resurgence of Populism in Latin America
  • 2017/252 pages

The Resurgence of Populism in Latin America

Robert R. Barr
Hardcover: $85.00
ISBN: 978-1-62637-667-0
Ebook: $85.00
ISBN: 978-1-62637-669-4
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Latin America has recently experienced a powerful resurgence of populism, a phenomenon that has had an outsized influence on the region's politics. What explains this resurgence? And what is distinctive about this new populist era? Answering these questions, Robert Barr offers a refined conceptualization of populism and an intriguing explanation of its recent electoral successes across the continent.
Robert R. Barr is associate professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington.