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P32


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Populism and clientelism within political practices in Latin America 
Convenors:
Maria Urbina (University of Nottingham)
Maya Collombon (Institute of Political Sciences)
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Location:
ATB G109
Start time:
12 April, 2013 at
Time zone: Europe/London
Session slots:
2

Short Abstract:

This panel proposes to revise both populism and clientelism focusing in the political practices in order to identify possible to find the empirical evidence which allow to identify populism on political practices in a comparative perspective

Long Abstract:

The concepts of Populism and Clientelism in political vocabulary became commonly used from XX Century, particularly referring to the Latin American experiences. Peronimo and Getulismo were identified as examples of Populism as well as the Institutional Revolutionary party in Mexico was one of the most studied examples regarding to clientelism (Fox, 1994). Populism is a broad and undecided concept (Canovan, 1981) which firstly centred on people and its aspirations. Therefore, it is a discursive construction used by the political elite for naming popular aspirations policies and statements. However, it application showed its limits in the study of political speeches using the concept for self -legitimating the relationship between political elite and popular classes (Collovald, 2004). Similarly, the concept of clientelism has been used to define and describe linkages within civil society and parties in illiberal democracies of Latin America. It has been used basically to describe the relationship between voters and parties within the political system.

This panel proposes to revise both populism and clientelism focusing in the political practices in America Latina in a comparative perspective, and to challenge the traditional literature about them. Is it possible to find the empirical evidence which allow to identify populism on political practices?, Is Populism simply a concept used by political elites to describe themselves when their speeches and practices focus on civil society ? Is clientelism linked to illiberal democracies? Is clientelism find in institutionalise political parties?

Accepted papers:

Session 1