Populism in Latin America
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Editor: Michael L. ConniffForeword: John D. Wirth
Contributor: John D. Wirth
Contributor: Steve Stein
Contributor: Steve Ellner
Contributor: Paul Drake
Contributor: Ximena Sosa-Buchholz
Contributor: Jorge Basurto
Contributor: Kurt Weyland
Contributor: Joel Horowitz
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-05-24
ISBN: 0817309705
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: University Alabama Press
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Book Review: An useful overview of Latin American political history
Summary: 3 Stars
Since the book was prepared in the mid 1990's, it really needs to be updated in order to include more recent developments of Latin American politics such as the Lula's government in Brazil, Hugo Chavez's radicalization in Venezuela and Kirchner couple's rule in Argentina.
Nevertheless, it brings a lot of useful information about the politics of several major Latin American countries since the beginning of the 20th century.
As shown in the book, Latin American populists were non revolutionary (i.e. non Communist) popular politicians that, in general, wanted to gain power through elections and also used several kinds of reformism to give the poor people some advantages in return for their votes, the conclusion is that the "populists" were basically good politicians despite their defects such as centralization and violence.
The most interesting question however is: What's really a populist? Aren't all politicians populists, regardless if they operate in Latin America or elsewhere?
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