The Promise and Perils of Populism : Global Perspectives / edited by Carlos de la Torre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torre, Carlos de la.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

Populism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2015]

Summary:

From the protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square to the Tea Party in the United States to the campaign to elect indigenous leader Evo Morales in Bolivia, modern populist movements command international attention and compel political and social change.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Sponsorship

Contents

Introduction

Part I

1. Political Theology and Populism

2. Power to Whom?

3. The People as Re-presentation and Event

4. Insurgencies Don't Have a Plan

They Are the Plan

5. Populism, Political Mobilization, and Crises of Political Representation

6. Populist Mobilization

7. Explaining the Emergence of Populism in Europe and the Americas

Part II

8. "Free the People

9. A New American Populist Coalition?

10. Contemporary Populism and "The People" in the Asia-Pacific Region

11. Varieties of African Populism in Comparative Perspective

12. The Contested Meanings of Insurrections, the Sovereign People, and Democracy in Ecuador, Venezuela, and Bolivia

13. Popular Power in the Discourse of Hugo Chavez's Government (1999-2013)

14. "El Pueblo Boliviano, de Composicion Plural

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

0-8131-4687-9

OCLC:

898101135