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Title The promise and perils of populism : global perspectives / edited by Carlos de la Torre
Published Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 474 pages .)
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 Perspective12. 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
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. When citizens demand ""power to the people, "" they evoke corrupt politicians, imperialists, or oligarchies that have appropriated power from its legitimate owners. These stereotypical narratives belie the vague and often contradictory definitions of the concept of ""the people"" and the many motives of those who use populism as a political tool. In T
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Populism.
Democracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- World -- General.
Democracy
Populism
Populismus
Form Electronic book
Author Torre, Carlos de la, editor
ISBN 0813146879
9780813146874