From ‘populist moment’ to authoritarian era: challenges, dangers, possibilities
@article{Edelman2020FromM, title={From ‘populist moment’ to authoritarian era: challenges, dangers, possibilities}, author={Marc Edelman}, journal={The Journal of Peasant Studies}, year={2020}, volume={47}, pages={1418 - 1444} }
ABSTRACT This essay, inspired by the huge outpouring of research generated in and around the Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative, reflects on the challenges of analysing authoritarian populism and particularly its rural expressions. The paper first examines key features of authoritarian populism and early populist movements in the Americas and Russia. Then it turns to ‘illiberal’ neoliberalism and the origins of neoliberalism under brutal dictatorial regimes in Indonesia and Chile. The paper…
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