The Will of the People

Yanina Welp

Published by De Gruyter 2022

The Will of the People

Populism and Citizen Participation in Latin America

Yanina Welp

Volume 3 in the series Democracy in Times of Upheaval

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110732412

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The Will of the People: Populism and Citizen Participation in Latin America argues that while populist leaders typically claim to speak 'in the name of the people', they rarely allow the people to express their opinion independently through institutions of citizen participation. The argument is rooted in theoretical discussions and empirical analyses of trends and specific cases.

The volume deals with the following questions: Why is populism so prolific in the Latin American region? How and where do populist leaders arrive to power? Is there a connection between populism and fascism as claimed by negative views of Argentinian Peronism? Are populist leaders more keen on introducing mechanisms of direct citizen participation? Are the erosions of the political party system an explanation of the emergence of populism, as seems to be the case with Fujimorism in Peru? To what extent have the governments of Hugo Chávez, Evo Morales and Rafael Correa given voice to the people through the so-called participatory democracy?

The first analysis of the connection between populist leadership and direct democracy in Latin America
Focuses on the failures of liberal democracy as a breeding ground for populism
Proposes mechanisms of citizen participation as an alternative

Author information

Yanina Welp is a research fellow at the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy, Graduate Institute (Switzerland), editorial coordinator at Agenda Pública (Spain) and co-founder of the Red de Politologas. She finished her Habilitation (highest degree in the Swiss German academic system) in 2015 at the University of St.Gallen, with the venia legendi in Latin American Studies and she holds two Bachelor degrees in Social Communication and Political Science from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), and a PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the Pompeu Fabra University (Spain). Her main areas of study are democracy and democratization, political representation, the introduction and practices of mechanisms of direct and participatory democracy, and digital media and politics, i.e. ‘democratic innovations’. She has published extensively on these topics in academic journals and books.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
About the Author and the Series Editor Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1 What does ‘real democracy’ mean? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Chapter 2 Participatory myths: promotion by the left and a ‘natural’ evolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Chapter 3 Populism as the (wrong) answer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
Chapter 4 The rule of law vs the will of the people? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Chapter 5 The elite’s (lack of an) answer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
Chapter 6 Are political parties the problem or can they still offer the solution? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Chapter 7 Feminism against populism? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
Chapter 8 Exit, voice and loyalty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
It is about politics! Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars of Democracy and Democratization, Theories of Representation as well as Comparative Politics and Area Studies.
Pages
- Front matter: 13
- Main content: 160
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 4
- Tables: 1
Keywords: Populism; Citizen Participation; Latin American Politics; Democracy; Power (Social sciences); Inclusion; Accountability

eBook

Published: June 6, 2022
ISBN: 9783110732412

Hardcover

Published: June 6, 2022
ISBN: 9783110737349