Populism responds to moments of abrupt social change, such as modernization in Latin America or the 2008 financial crisis. As a logic of political action, it constructs its discourse from an invocation to the "people," who constitute themselves,…

This book is divided into two parts that function as mirrors that illuminate each other. The first offers a serious inquiry into the left in Latin America; the second proposes a close examination, based on very specific aspects, of the Venezuelan…