POLC91H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: 18 Months, Neoliberalism, Traditional Pop Music
5 Dec 2012
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Are concerned with freedoms from, and less concerned or may interfere. Populism might have a faction of the military, or business support, or from. There are auth features to many of these regimes. Pressure from below is managed by leadership of populous movement/gov"t. Most are led by charismatic political leaders notion of caudillo authority. Caudillo auth goes back to 19c it is leadership based on personal qualities. Often found together but are not the same. Caudillo auth can exist on political left or right, can be demo or totally authoritarian. Eg. pinochet of chile authoritarian rule, friends with technocrats that were loyal to him, he dismantled the state, market reform of populism. Populism can exist without caudillo authority or with weak caudillo authority. Latin american regimes on the left came to power in a particular context. Failed much worse in some countries than in others, but did not improve poverty/inequality and contributed to the worsening of it.
