The Far Right in Latin America

AvCristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser,Carlos Meléndez

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

This volume argues that the rise of the far right in Latin America represents a reactionary response to the partial success of democratic regimes in incorporating historically marginalized groups. Despite persistent inequalities, Latin American democracies have gradually weakened the dominance of traditional elites over majority-minority relations, creating fertile ground for a backlash against political, social and cultural change. Like their counterparts in Europe and the United States, far-right actors in the region resist adapting to ongoing transformations, instead invoking an idealized national past and mobilizing exclusionary ethnic, cultural, and political appeals to construct a radically homogeneous community. This volume employs a theoretical framework informed by contemporary debates on the far right in Europe and the United States and brings together leading scholars to examine key country cases across Latin America. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-07-31
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:284
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009786928

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Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser is Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC). Carlos Meléndez is a researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences (ICS), University of Lisbon. Talita Tanscheit is Professor at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). Lisa Zanotti is a researcher at the Democracy Institute at Central European University (CEU) in Budapest.

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Introduction; 1. The far right in Latin America: a framework for analysis Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser; Part I. Significant Electoral Strength of the Far Right: 2. Argentina. Milei's far-right project: between opportunism and innovation Gabriel Vommaro; 3. Brazil. The far right and Bolsonarismo Lucio Rennó; 4. El Salvador. Nayib Bukele's turn to the far right Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez; Part II. Moderate Electoral Strength of the Far Right: 5. Chile. The far right and its strategies of otherization Lisa Zanotti; 6. Peru. The far right as an expected output of a polarized pluralism Carlos Meléndez; 7. Uruguay. The far right as an attempt to restore order and recover the past Talita São Thiago Tanscheit; Part III. Minimal Electoral Strength of the Far Right: 8. Colombia. Seeds of the far right Sandra Botero and José Miguel Jaimes Prada; 9. Mexico. The absence of the far right and AMLO's leftism without progressivism Rodrigo Castro Cornejo; Conclusion; 10. The far right in Latin America: comparative findings Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser, Carlos Meléndez, Talita São Thiago Tanscheit and Lisa Zanotti.