Izquierda y populismo en América Latina
ISSN: 0210-0223
Year of publication: 2009
Issue Title: La política de América Latina
Issue: 208-209
Pages: 25-36
Type: Article
More publications in: Sistema: revista de ciencias sociales
Abstract
The ideological climate in Latin America has changad because of disappointment in front of the results of neoliberal reforms. In some countries where progressive parties have deep roots, this has enabled democratic Left forces to assume the government. In others, however, the change has come by way of populism. Hugo Chavez�s Venezuela is the most outstanding case of a return to populism in its traditional redistributive form. This article analyzes the costs of populism �political polarization and redistribution without long-term growth� in comparison with the social democratic project.