Democracy''s Resilience to Populism''s Threat - Countering Global Alarmism

"This book demonstrates that populism's threat to democracy is less severe than often feared. The comprehensive, systematic analysis of contemporary Latin America and Europe over the last four decades and of the U.S. under Trump shows that populist chief executives destroy democracy only under special, restrictive conditions"--

List of contents

1. The Populist Threat to Democracy; 2. How Institutional Constraints and Conjunctural Opportunities Condition Populism's Threat to Democracy; 3. Neoliberal and Rightwing Populism in Latin America; 4. 'Bolivarian' and Leftwing Populism in Latin America; 5. Rightwing and Traditionalist Populism in Europe; 6. Rightwing Populism in the US: Donald Trump in Comparative Perspective; 7. Conclusion: Theoretical and Comparative Implications.

About the author

Kurt Weyland is the Mike Hogg Professor in Liberal Arts in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. He has studied populism across Latin America over the last thirty-five years. He is the author of The Politics of Market Reform in Fragile Democracies (2002), Making Waves (2014), and Assault on Democracy (2021).

Summary

This book demonstrates that populism's threat to democracy is less severe than often feared. The comprehensive, systematic analysis of contemporary Latin America and Europe over the last four decades and of the US under Trump shows that populist chief executives destroy democracy only under special, restrictive conditions.

Foreword

Analyzes contemporary Latin America, Europe, and the United States to show the many ways democracies withstand populism's threat.

Product details

• Authors: Kurt Weyland, Kurt (University of Texas Weyland, Weyland Kurt
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2024
• EAN: 9781009432467
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0943246-7
• No. of pages: 322
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Latin America, Europe, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Political ideologies and movements, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)