Populism of the 21 st Century in Latin America
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This paper analyses, from a historical sociology perspective and under the category of populism, the governments that emerged in the region in the early 2000s. It begins with the assumption that in Venezuela (1999-2013), Argentina (2003-2015), Brazil (2003-2016), Bolivia (2006), and Ecuador (2007-2017) coexisted, in a contradictory manner and in the context of the commodities’ boom, a propensity to political and social inclusion with a economic deal with agribusiness, industry, and extractivism (mining and oil). The researcher’s argument suggests that the populism category, compared to other concepts, captures more accurately the complexity of the historical experiences under study. This paper later presents statistical data to imply that these governments democratized social, political and economic participation and produced more egalitarian social order. This research is organised in three sections. The first makes use the latest literature on the subject to re-think the nature of social order in the region at the turn of the century. The second and third sections revise the populist experiences of the 21st century and present empirical information. Finally, it presents a succinct balance that is open to further discussion.
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