Anti-neoliberal populisms in comparative perspective : a Latinamericanization of Southern Europe? / Enrico Padoan.

Introduction -- The argument -- Bolivia: movement-based populism in power -- Argentina's Kirchnerism: a party-rooted populist project incorporating new social actors -- Podemos. The left-wing movement populism that renewed the Spanish left -- The Italian Five Star Movement: a leader-initiated populism against all the existing structures of socio-political intermediation -- Venezuela, Uruguay, Portugal and Greece -- Conclusions.

"In this book, Enrico Padoan proposes an original middle-range theory to explain the emergence and the internal organization of anti-neoliberal populist parties in Latin America and Southern Europe, and the relationships between these parties and the organised working class. Padoan begins by tracing the diverging evolution of the electoral Lefts in Latin America and Southern Europe in the aftermath of economic crises, and during the implementation of austerity measures within many of these nations. A causal typology for interpreting the possible outcomes of the realignments within the electoral Lefts is proposed. Hereafter, the volume features five empirical chapters, four of which focus on the rise of anti-neoliberal populist parties in Bolivia, Argentina, Spain and Italy, while a fifth offers analysis on four 'shadow cases' in Venezuela, Uruguay, Portugal and Greece. Scholars of Latin America and Comparative Politics will find Anti-Neoliberal Populisms in Comparative Perspective a highly valuable resource, offering a distinctive perspective on the impact of different populisms on party systems and on the challenges that such populisms posed to syndicalism and to traditional left-of-centre parties"-- Provided by publisher.

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