Download or read book The Resurgence of Populism in Latin America written by Robert Rennie Barr and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latin America has recently experienced a powerful resurgence of populism, a phenomenon that has had an outsized influence on the region’s politics. What explains this resurgence? And what is distinctive about this new populist era? Answering these questions, Robert Barr offers a refined conceptualization of populism and an intriguing explanation of its recent electoral successes across the continent. --