Democratic erosion, populism

Readings

Required

  • Noam Lupu “Brand Dilution and the Breakdown of Political Parties in Latin America,” World Politics 66, no. 4 (2014): 561–602.
  • Noam Lupu “Who Votes for Chavismo? Class Voting in Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela,” Latin American Research Review (2010): 7–32.
  • Milan W. Svolik “Polarization Versus Democracy,” Journal of Democracy 30, no. 3 (2019): 20–32.

Personal recommendations

  • Santiago Anria “Delegative Democracy Revisited: More Inclusion, Less Liberalism in Bolivia,” Journal of Democracy 27, no. 3 (2016): 99–108.

Slides