Revolutionizing Repertoires : The Rise of Populist Mobilization in Peru / Robert S. Jansen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jansen, Robert S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--Peru--Election--1931.

Presidents.

Politics, Practical--Peru--History--20th century.

Politics, Practical.

Populism--Peru--History--20th century.

Populism.

Political participation--Peru--History--20th century.

Political participation.

Peru--Politics and government--1919-1968.

Peru.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Politicians and political parties are for the most part limited by habit-they recycle tried-and-true strategies, draw on models from the past, and mimic others in the present. But in rare moments politicians break with routine and try something new. Drawing on pragmatist theories of social action, Revolutionizing Repertoires sets out to examine what happens when the repertoire of practices available to political actors is dramatically reconfigured. Taking as his case study the development of a distinctively Latin American style of populist mobilization, Robert S. Jansen analyzes the Peruvian presidential election of 1931. He finds that, ultimately, populist mobilization emerged in the country at this time because newly empowered outsiders recognized the limitations of routine political practice and understood how to modify, transpose, invent, and recombine practices in a whole new way. Suggesting striking parallels to the recent populist turn in global politics, Revolutionizing Repertoires offers new insights not only to historians of Peru but also to scholars of historical sociology and comparative politics, and to anyone interested in the social and political origins of populism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations and Terms

Introduction

1. Who Did What?

2. The Social Context of Action

3. The Political Context of Action

4. The Sources of Political Innovation Habit, Experience, and Deliberation

5. Practicing Populist Mobilization Experimentation, Imitation, and

6. The Routinization of Political Innovation Resonance, Recognition, and Repetition

Conclusion

Appendix A: Chronology

Appendix B: Population, Suffrage, and Exclusion

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Okt 2019)

ISBN:

9780226487588

022648758X

OCLC:

1005077306