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13 - Inclusionary Turn, Rentier Populism, and Emerging Legacies

The Political Effects of the Commodity Boom

from Part IV - Inclusion, Populism, and Democracy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2021

By
Sebastián Mazzuca
Edited by
Diana Kapiszewski ,
Steven Levitsky  and
Deborah J. Yashar
Diana Kapiszewski
Affiliation:
Georgetown University, Washington DC
Steven Levitsky
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Deborah J. Yashar
Affiliation:
Princeton University, New Jersey
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Summary

An international economic boom was the necessary condition for the sustainability of the inclusionary turn. The boom affected countries differently depending on domestic structures of power. If the economic boom coincided with the twin collapse of the party system and the capital markets, the inclusionary turn manifested itself as rentier populism, a coalition that dominated Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Rentier Populism is the social basis of super-presidentialism in good economic times. Yet, it becomes incompatible both with socioeconomic inclusion and liberal democracy in hard times.

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populismpolitical regimeeconomic performance
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The Inclusionary Turn in Latin American Democracies , pp. 434 - 460
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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