A growing body of scholarship acknowledges the increasing influence of global forces on
social institutions and societies on multiple scales. We focus here on the role of globalization …

The article compares analytically populism and technocracy as alternative forms of political
representation to party government. It argues that populist and technocratic principles of …

The ascendance of austerity policies and the protests they have generated have had a deep
impact on the shape of contemporary politics. The stunning electoral successes of SYRIZA …

When and why do governments promote women's rights? Through comparative analysis of
state action in seventy countries from 1975 to 2005, this book shows how different women's …

Why do governments tolerate the violation of their own laws and regulations? Conventional
wisdom is that governments cannot enforce their laws. Forbearance as Redistribution …

Although there is a lively academic debate about contemporary populism in Europe and
Latin America, almost no cross-regional research exists on this topic. This article aims to fill …

The birth of democracies owes much to the interventions and mobilizations of ordinary
people. Yet many feel as though they have inherited democratic institutions which do not …

ISBN 978-987-722-634-8© Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales| Queda hecho
el depósito que establece la Ley 11723. El contenido de este libro expresa la posición de …

Social Movements cleverly translates the art of collective action and mobilization by
excluded groups to facilitate understanding social change from below. Students learn the …

Populists and the Pandemic examines the responses of populist political actors and parties
in 22 countries around the globe to the COVID-19 pandemic, in terms of their attitudes …