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Exclusionary vs. Inclusionary Populism: Comparing Contemporary Europe and Latin America

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Although there is a lively academic debate about contemporary populism in Europe and Latin America, almost no cross-regional research exists on this topic. This article aims to fill this gap by showing that a minimal and ideological definition of populism permits us to analyse current expressions of populism in both regions. Moreover, based on a comparison of four prototypical cases (FN/Le Pen and FPÖ/Haider in Europe and PSUV/Chávez and MAS/Morales in Latin America), we show that it is possible to identify two regional subtypes of populism: exclusionary populism in Europe and inclusionary populism in Latin America.

Source: Government and Opposition

DOI: 10.1017/gov.2012.11

Authors: Cas Mudde, Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

Institutions: University of Sussex, University of Georgia, University of Georgia

Language: English

Topic: Populism, Right-Wing Movements

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: University of Cambridge