Nayib Bukele: populism and autocratization, or a very popular democratically elected president?
This article is about Nayib Bukele’s presidency in El Salvador, and to what extent it is a case of populism, and if it has contributed to a negative democratic development between 2019–2021. By using the concepts of democratic backsliding, autocratization, and populism, three main conclusions are ma...
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| description | This article is about Nayib Bukele’s presidency in El Salvador, and to what extent it is a case of populism, and if it has contributed to a negative democratic development between 2019–2021. By using the concepts of democratic backsliding, autocratization, and populism, three main conclusions are made. First, actions taken by Bukele during his presidency has directly contributed to a negative democratic development. Second, both during the electoral campaign and in office, there are also signs of populism, such as anti-pluralism, hijacking the state, mass clientelism, and a feeling of a less democratic civil society and free media. Consequently, Bukele has pushed the country into a process of autocratization, where the future destiny toward less democracy is still uncertain. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fbeca5a635ae4474bc467f4ef64eb3772022-12-22T03:47:56ZengUniversity of GdanskJournal of Geography, Politics and Society2451-22492022-08-01122162610.26881/jpgs.2022.2.03Nayib Bukele: populism and autocratization, or a very popular democratically elected president? Martin Nilsson 0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2806-7680Linnæus University This article is about Nayib Bukele’s presidency in El Salvador, and to what extent it is a case of populism, and if it has contributed to a negative democratic development between 2019–2021. By using the concepts of democratic backsliding, autocratization, and populism, three main conclusions are made. First, actions taken by Bukele during his presidency has directly contributed to a negative democratic development. Second, both during the electoral campaign and in office, there are also signs of populism, such as anti-pluralism, hijacking the state, mass clientelism, and a feeling of a less democratic civil society and free media. Consequently, Bukele has pushed the country into a process of autocratization, where the future destiny toward less democracy is still uncertain.https://czasopisma.bg.ug.edu.pl/index.php/JGPS/article/view/7145/6323democratic recessionautocratizationpopulismpresident bukeleel salvador |
| spellingShingle | Martin Nilsson Nayib Bukele: populism and autocratization, or a very popular democratically elected president? Journal of Geography, Politics and Society democratic recession autocratization populism president bukele el salvador |
| title | Nayib Bukele: populism and autocratization, or a very popular democratically elected president? |
| title_full | Nayib Bukele: populism and autocratization, or a very popular democratically elected president? |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Nayib Bukele: populism and autocratization, or a very popular democratically elected president? |
| title_short | Nayib Bukele: populism and autocratization, or a very popular democratically elected president? |
| title_sort | nayib bukele populism and autocratization or a very popular democratically elected president |
| topic | democratic recession autocratization populism president bukele el salvador |
| url | https://czasopisma.bg.ug.edu.pl/index.php/JGPS/article/view/7145/6323 |
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