Tomáš Došek is associate professor of political science in the Departmento de Ciencias Sociales at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and researcher with the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Económicas, Políticas y Antropológicas. He is coeditor of Women, Politics, and Democracy in Latin America and Mujeres en la política: Experiencias nacionales y subnacionales en América Latina.

The Persistence of Local Caudillos in Latin America is a substantial contribution to the conceptualization of caudillismo and related practices from a political science perspective. It also provides us with important insights that enrich broader discussions of subnational authoritarianism and local governance.

Tomáš Došek is associate professor of political science in the Departmento de Ciencias Sociales at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and researcher with the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Económicas, Políticas y Antropológicas. He is coeditor of Women, Politics, and Democracy in Latin America and Mujeres en la política: Experiencias nacionales y subnacionales en América Latina.

The Persistence of Local Caudillos in Latin America is a substantial contribution to the conceptualization of caudillismo and related practices from a political science perspective. It also provides us with important insights that enrich broader discussions of subnational authoritarianism and local governance.

Tomáš Došek is associate professor of political science in the Departmento de Ciencias Sociales at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and researcher with the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Económicas, Políticas y Antropológicas. He is coeditor of Women, Politics, and Democracy in Latin America and Mujeres en la política: Experiencias nacionales y subnacionales en América Latina.

The Persistence of Local Caudillos in Latin America is a substantial contribution to the conceptualization of caudillismo and related practices from a political science perspective. It also provides us with important insights that enrich broader discussions of subnational authoritarianism and local governance.