Populism: A Puzzle Without (and for) World-Systems Analysis

Authors

Leslie C. Gates, Binghamton University--SUNYFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2018

Keywords

Populism, Political sociology, Latin America, Comparative methodology, Trump, Chávez

Abstract

This essay shows how world-systems analysis provides a more rigorous explanation for the recent rise of disparate populisms, countering negative stereotypes of mainstream accounts that obscure how formative populist leaders emerged from authentic progressive movements which challenged capitalists. Existing analyses have also failed to specify the varied economic projects of populists, their likely social bases and their relationships to world markets. The essay recommends relational comparisons of populists to unravel populism’s puzzles and advance world-systems analysis.

Comments

https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2018.849

Publisher Attribution

This journal is published by the University Library System, University of Pittsburgh as part of its D-Scribe Digital Publishing Program and is cosponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Press.

Recommended Citation

Gates, Leslie C., "Populism: A Puzzle Without (and for) World-Systems Analysis" (2018). Sociology Faculty Scholarship. 6.
https://orb.binghamton.edu/sociology_fac/6

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