Authoritarianism and Democracy in the Andes: State Weakness, Hybrid Regimes, and Societal Responses
In: Latin American research review, Band 42, Heft 3, S. 222-234
ISSN: 1542-4278
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In: Latin American research review, Band 42, Heft 3, S. 222-234
ISSN: 1542-4278
The relationship between populism and democracy is contested among scholars. While some propose that populism is inherently harmful for democracy because it is anti-pluralist and confrontational, others argue that populism can reinvigorate worn-out democracies in need of greater popular participation. In A Dynamic Theory of Populism in Power, Julio F. Carrión advances this debate by examining the empirical relationship between populism in power and democracy. Does populism in power always lead to regime change, that is, the demise of democracy? The answer is no. The impact of populism on democracy depends on the variety of populism in power: the worst outcomes in democratic governance are found under unconstrained populism. Carrión presents the permissive and productive conditions for why and how populism becomes unconstrained, as well as a dynamic theory of change that shows how the late victories of populists build on early ones, resulting in greater power asymmetries. A Dynamic Theory of Populism in Power provides an analysis of five Latin American populist presidencies, all located in the Andes. In four of them (Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela), populism became unconstrained and regime change followed. In one case, Colombia, populism in power was successfully contained and democracy survived. The concluding chapter places the Andean cases in comparative perspective and discusses how unconstrained populism in other cases (Nicaragua and Hungary) also led to the end of electoral democracy. Where populism in power was constrained (Honduras and the United States), regime change did not materialize. Carrión advances a theory of populism in power that helps us understand how democracies transition into non-democracies. To that extent, the book illuminates the processes of democratic erosion in our time.
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The rise and decline of Fujimori's neopopulist leadership / Kurt Weyland -- An authoritarian presidency : How and why did presidential power run amok in Fujimori's Peru? / Philip Mauceri -- Fujimori and the mayors of Lima, 1990-2001 : the impact and legacy of neopopulist rule / Robert R. Barr and Henry Dietz -- Do parties matter? : lessons from the Fujimori experience / Kenneth M. Roberts -- The immoral economy of Fujimorism / Catherine M. Conaghan -- Public opinion, market reforms, and democracy in Fujimori's Peru / Julio F. Carrión -- All the president's women : Fujimori and gender equity in Peruvian politics / Gregory D. Schmidt -- Redirection of Peruvian economic strategy in the 1990s : gains, losses, and clues for the future / John Sheahan -- Against the odds : the paradoxes of Peru's economic recovery in the 1990s / Carol Wise -- The often surprising outcomes of asymmetry in international affairs : United States-Peru relations in the 1990s / David Scott Palmer -- Electoral authoritarian versus partially democratic regimes : the case of the Fujimori government and the 2000 elections / Cynthia McClintock -- Endogenous regime breakdown : the Vladivideo and the fall of Peru's Fujimori / Maxwell A. Cameron -- The rise and fall of electoral authoritarianism in Peru / Julio F. Carrión
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In: Latin American research review: LARR, Band 58, Heft 4, S. 960-971
ISSN: 1542-4278
This essay reviews the following works:The FBI in Latin America: The Ecuador Files. By Marc Becker. Durham, NC: Duke University Press Books, 2017. Pp. vii + 322. $27.95 paperback. ISBN: 9780822369080.The CIA in Ecuador. By Marc Becker. Durham, NC: Duke University Press Books, 2021. Pp. xi + 317. $27.95 paperback. ISBN: 9781478011385.Movilidad y poder en el sur del Ecuador, 1950–1990. By María Mercedes Eguiguren. Quito: Editorial FLACSO Ecuador, 2019. Pp. viii + 274. Open access e-book. ISBN: 9789978675199.Peasant Wars in Bolivia: Making, Thinking, and Living the Revolution in Cochabamba (1952–64). By José M. Gordillo. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2022. Pp. xiv + 337. $34.99 paperback. ISBN: 9781773854014.A Concise History of Bolivia. 3rd ed. By Herbert F. Klein. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021. Pp. xix + 380. $34.99 paperback. ISBN: 9781108948890.Indigenous Struggle and the Bolivian National Revolution: Land and Liberty. By James Kohl. New York: Routledge, 2021. Pp. xii + 413. $64.95 paperback. ISBN: 9780367471392.Historical Dictionary of Ecuador. By George M. Lauderbaugh. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2019. Pp. xlviii + 322. $96.84 hardcover. ISBN: 9781538102459.¡Vamos a avanzar! The Chaco War and Bolivia's Political Transformation, 1899–1952. By Robert Niebuhr. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2021. Pp. xii + 260. $60.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9781496207784.Los inconformistas del Centenario: Intelectuales, socialismo y nación en una Bolivia en crisis (1925–1939). By Pablo Stefanoni. La Paz: Plural Editores, 2015. Pp. 383. ISBN: 9789995416430.The Bolivia Reader: History, Culture, Politics. Edited by Sinclair Thomson, Rossana Barragán, Xavier Albó, Seemin Qayum, and Mark Goodale. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2018. Pp. xx + 719. $35.95 paperback. ISBN: 9780822371526.
In: Bulletin of Latin American research: the journal of the Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS), Band 38, Heft 5, S. 681-682
ISSN: 1470-9856
In: Latin American research review, Band 54, Heft 2, S. 499-508
ISSN: 1542-4278
This essay reviews the following works:Peru: Elite Power and Political Capture. By John Crabtree and Francisco Durand. London: Zed Books (distributed by University of Chicago Press), 2017. Pp. viii + 206. $29.95 paperback. ISBN: 9781783609031. Peru in Theory. Edited by Paulo Drinot. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. Pp. ix + 255. $105.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9781137455253. Rethinking Community from Peru: The Political Philosophy of José María Arguedas. By Irina Alexandra Feldman. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014. Pp. ix + 175. $29.95 paperback. ISBN: 9780822963073. The Rarified Air of the Modern: Airplanes and Technological Modernity in the Andes. By Willie Hiatt. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. Pp. vii + 215. $49.54 hardcover. ISBN: 9780190248901. Andean Truths: Transitional Justice, Ethnicity, and Cultural Production in Post–Shining Path Peru. By Anne Lambright. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2015. Pp. vii + 212. $120.00 hardcover. ISBN: 9781781382516. Now Peru Is Mine: The Life and Times of a Campesino Activist. By Manuel Llamojha Mitma and Jaymie Patricia Heilman. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2016. Pp. ix + 229. $23.95 paperback. ISBN: 9780822362388. Peru: Staying the Course of Economic Success. Edited by Alejandro Santos and Alejandro Werner. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund, 2015. Pp. xv + 440. $40.00 ISBN: 9781513599748.
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In: Latin American politics and society, Band 60, Heft 4, S. 138-141
ISSN: 1548-2456
El artículo que aquí comentamos apareció originalmente como el capítulo segundo del libro Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics ("Pasión, oficio y método en política comparada"), editado por Gerardo Munck y Richard Snyder. Este libro publica entrevistas a quince representantes destacados de la política comparada, realizadas entre 2001 y 2002. Como el título lo sugiere, las entrevistas abordan las trayectorias profesionales y teóricas de estos renombrados académicos. Ellas también examinan temas relacionados con el campo teórico y metodológico de la política comparada. En el primer capítulo del libro, Richard Snyder explora la dimensión humana de la empresa académica, analizando las trayectorias personales y profesionales de los entrevistados.
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In: Latin American politics and society, Band 53, Heft 4, S. 181-190
ISSN: 1548-2456
In: Latin American politics and society, Band 53, Heft 4, S. 181-191
ISSN: 1531-426X
Sumario Introducción. El agotamiento electoral del proyecto autoritario. El proceso electoral de 2001. Los ejes que no fueron. La personalidad de los candidatos. La segunda vuelta. Elecciones de 2001 y perspectivas de la política peruana.Resumen El artículo discute la dinámica de la campaña electoral peruana de 2001 y sus implicancias para el futuro inmediato de la política en ese país. El colapso del régimen fujimorista en noviembre de 2000 removió de la política el clivaje pro Fujimori/anti Fujimori que dominó en los años noventa. Se discuten las opciones que pudieron haber reemplazado este clivaje y muestra por qué ninguna se cristalizó. Como consecuencia, las elecciones de 2001 devinieron en un proceso en el cual la personalidad de los candidatos fue el papel articulador de las preferencias electorales. Se argumenta que esta personificación de la política puede tener un impacto negativo en las perspectivas de consolidación de un sistema de partidos estable, pero en el corto plazo puede incrementar la gobernabilidad en la medida que no existen temas fundamentales ideológicos que dividan a los partidos representados en el Congreso peruano.Palabras claves: Perú, elecciones, autoritarismo, democracia, comportamiento electoral, opinión pública.The peruvian elections of the 2001: dismantling the authoritarian inheritanceAbstractThe article discusses the dynamics of the 2001 Peruvian electoral campaign and its political implications for the immediate future in this country. The author argues the collapse of the Fujimori regime in November of 2000 removed from the political scene the polarization of either pro Fujimori/anti Fujimori that dominated Peruvian politics in the nineties. The article discusses several options that could have replaced this polarization and shows why none of these options crystallized. As consequence, the elections of the 2001 became a process in which candidates' personalities assumed a role that articulated electoral preferences. The author argues that this political personification can have a negative impact in the prospect of consolidation in forming a stable party system. But in the short run, it can increase the ability to govern a country with the fact that ideological fundamental themes that normally divide the parties represented in the Peruvian congress no longer exist. Artículo: Recibido, agosto de 2001; aprobado, octubre de 2001Julio F. Carrión: Profesor asistente de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad de Delaware, EEUU. Sociólogo de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos y PhD. en Ciencia Política en la Universidad de Pittsburgh, Pensilvania, EEUU. Profesor-investigador en la Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales en Ecuador (Flacso-Ecuador) y profesor en la Universidad Estatal de Troy (Alabama, EEUU).
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SumarioIntroducción. El agotamiento electoral del proyecto autoritario. El proceso electoral de 2001. Los ejes que no fueron. La personalidad de los candidatos. La segunda vuelta. Elecciones de 2001 y perspectivas de la política peruana.ResumenEl artículo discute la dinámica de la campaña electoral peruana de 2001 y sus implicancias para el futuro inmediato de la política en ese país. El colapso del régimen fujimorista en noviembre de 2000 removió de la política el clivaje pro Fujimori/anti Fujimori que dominó en los años noventa. Se discuten las opciones que pudieron haber reemplazado este clivaje y muestra por qué ninguna se cristalizó. Como consecuencia, las elecciones de 2001 devinieron en un proceso en el cual la personalidad de los candidatos fue el papel articulador de las preferencias electorales. Se argumenta que esta personificación de la política puede tener un impacto negativo en las perspectivas de consolidación de un sistema de partidos estable, pero en el corto plazo puede incrementar la gobernabilidad en la medida que no existen temas fundamentales ideológicos que dividan a los partidos representados en el Congreso peruano.Palabras claves: Perú, elecciones, autoritarismo, democracia, comportamiento electoral, opinión pública.The peruvian elections of the 2001: dismantling the authoritarian inheritanceAbstractThe article discusses the dynamics of the 2001 Peruvian electoral campaign and its political implications for the immediate future in this country. The author argues the collapse of the Fujimori regime in November of 2000 removed from the political scene the polarization of either pro Fujimori/anti Fujimori that dominated Peruvian politics in the nineties. The article discusses several options that could have replaced this polarization and shows why none of these options crystallized. As consequence, the elections of the 2001 became a process in which candidates' personalities assumed a role that articulated electoral preferences. The author argues that this political personification can have ...
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In: Latin American politics and society, Band 51, Heft 4, S. 179-183
ISSN: 1548-2456
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 4, Heft 1
ISSN: 1541-0986