Illiberal Democracy: The End of Clientelism?
This weeks article, authored by Claudio A. Holzner, was about the concept of clientelism with a focus on the PRI political party in Mexico. Holster highlights the fact that under the PRI (Party of Institutionalized Revolution) the political activity by…
Economic Liberalization: Neoliberalism
The focus on the article written by Michael Walton was “neoliberalism” and its effects on economic and social development in recent Latin American history. Walton explains two ways in which neoliberalism is used; the first being a narrow usage and…
The Left Turn: Rise of Ethnopopulism
One of the readings this week is written by Raúl L. Madrid, and the subject is the rise of ethnopopulism in Latin America. The goal of this article was to show that classic exclusionary appeals of populist and ethnic parties…