TY - JOUR
T1 - New wine, old bottles, flamboyant sommelier
T2 - Chávez, citizenship, and populism
AU - Spanakos, Anthony Peter
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - At points of crisis of political representations and economic insecurity, populists are more likely to emerge. That was true of earlier forms of populism in Latin America and it seems to be so now. There are some important differences though and these are shown by exploring Chavismo as an “extreme” case study of populism. Chávez has pushed a model of citizenship which is antithetical to neoliberal models in that it encourages politically engaged citizens, increases worker rights through an increasingly interventionist state, and encourages anti-imperialist solidarity and actions. By understanding how populist orientations of Chávez created possibilities and constraints on that citizenship, social scientists can better understand what populism is and is not.
AB - At points of crisis of political representations and economic insecurity, populists are more likely to emerge. That was true of earlier forms of populism in Latin America and it seems to be so now. There are some important differences though and these are shown by exploring Chavismo as an “extreme” case study of populism. Chávez has pushed a model of citizenship which is antithetical to neoliberal models in that it encourages politically engaged citizens, increases worker rights through an increasingly interventionist state, and encourages anti-imperialist solidarity and actions. By understanding how populist orientations of Chávez created possibilities and constraints on that citizenship, social scientists can better understand what populism is and is not.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85050839945&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/07393140802493308
DO - 10.1080/07393140802493308
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85050839945
SN - 0739-3148
VL - 30
SP - 521
EP - 544
JO - New Political Science
JF - New Political Science
IS - 4
ER -