Populism vs. constitutionalism? Comparative perspectives on contemporary Western Europe, Latin America, and the United States
<p>In this policy brief, Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser takes a comparative approach to challenge the conventional wisdom that populism, by virtue of its ambivalent relationship with constitutionalism, represents a threat to democracy.</p> <p>Rather than condemning outright populist a...
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| description | <p>In this policy brief, Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser takes a comparative approach to challenge the conventional wisdom that populism, by virtue of its ambivalent relationship with constitutionalism, represents a threat to democracy.</p> <p>Rather than condemning outright populist actors, Rovira Kaltwasser advocates a more nuanced approach, arguing that, instead of portraying populists as anti-democrats, we should emphasize the importance of pluralism, as well as institutional checks and balances, in order to defend a conception of liberal democracy.</p> <p>He illustrates his argument with examples across three continents, charting the rise of anti-immigration radical Right parties in Western Europe in the aftermath of 9/11, the anti-democratic constitution-making of Latin American leftist leaders such as Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, and the influence of the Tea Party in the US following President Obama's succession of George W. Bush.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:0b3a92d0-401b-4af8-a4bd-89afb98e74542022-03-26T09:28:18ZPopulism vs. constitutionalism? Comparative perspectives on contemporary Western Europe, Latin America, and the United StatesReporthttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_93fcuuid:0b3a92d0-401b-4af8-a4bd-89afb98e7454International studiesEuropean democraciesAmerican politicsConstitutional & administrative lawPolitical scienceLatin AmericaEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetFoundation for Law, Justice and Society2013Rovira Kaltwasser, CThe Centre for Socio-Legal Studies<p>In this policy brief, Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser takes a comparative approach to challenge the conventional wisdom that populism, by virtue of its ambivalent relationship with constitutionalism, represents a threat to democracy.</p> <p>Rather than condemning outright populist actors, Rovira Kaltwasser advocates a more nuanced approach, arguing that, instead of portraying populists as anti-democrats, we should emphasize the importance of pluralism, as well as institutional checks and balances, in order to defend a conception of liberal democracy.</p> <p>He illustrates his argument with examples across three continents, charting the rise of anti-immigration radical Right parties in Western Europe in the aftermath of 9/11, the anti-democratic constitution-making of Latin American leftist leaders such as Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, and the influence of the Tea Party in the US following President Obama's succession of George W. Bush.</p> |
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| title | Populism vs. constitutionalism? Comparative perspectives on contemporary Western Europe, Latin America, and the United States |
| title_full | Populism vs. constitutionalism? Comparative perspectives on contemporary Western Europe, Latin America, and the United States |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Populism vs. constitutionalism? Comparative perspectives on contemporary Western Europe, Latin America, and the United States |
| title_short | Populism vs. constitutionalism? Comparative perspectives on contemporary Western Europe, Latin America, and the United States |
| title_sort | populism vs constitutionalism comparative perspectives on contemporary western europe latin america and the united states |
| topic | International studies European democracies American politics Constitutional & administrative law Political science Latin America |
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