Esther Solano – författare

The Right in the Americas discusses the origins, development, and current state of conservative and right-wing movements in ten countries in the Americas.

The growth of the right is one of the most important issues of the moment in global politics. Within the context of democracy erosion, rejection of traditional politics, and economic uncertainty, right and extreme-right actors are capable of offering misguided answers and hope to a significant part of a country’s population, who will trust their promises and bring them to power with their vote. This dynamic has repeated itself in an astonishingly consistent pattern across the Americas. This book analyses eight Latin American countries—Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, Uruguay, and Venezuela—along with Canada and the United States, two G7 countries. It demonstrates that conservatism is in fact a hemispheric phenomenon, promoted and invigorated by the regional hegemon—the United States of America—both as government and as civil society. Beyond this regional scope, the peculiarities of each case study are explored in detail, providing solid historical background, while at the same time uncovering their commonalities and cross-pollination.

This study will be of great interest to scholars of conservatism, right-wing politics, comparative politics, and North American and Latin American politics.

The Right in the Americas discusses the origins, development, and current state of conservative and right-wing movements in ten countries in the Americas.

The growth of the right is one of the most important issues of the moment in global politics. Within the context of democracy erosion, rejection of traditional politics, and economic uncertainty, right and extreme-right actors are capable of offering misguided answers and hope to a significant part of a country’s population, who will trust their promises and bring them to power with their vote. This dynamic has repeated itself in an astonishingly consistent pattern across the Americas. This book analyses eight Latin American countries—Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, Uruguay, and Venezuela—along with Canada and the United States, two G7 countries. It demonstrates that conservatism is in fact a hemispheric phenomenon, promoted and invigorated by the regional hegemon—the United States of America—both as government and as civil society. Beyond this regional scope, the peculiarities of each case study are explored in detail, providing solid historical background, while at the same time uncovering their commonalities and cross-pollination.

This study will be of great interest to scholars of conservatism, right-wing politics, comparative politics, and North American and Latin American politics.

This book presents the first in-depth academic investigation published in English about one of the most radical incarnations of the current global wave of new right-wing movements and governments: the movement that brought to power the current Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro. The rise of this new right-wing movement in Brazil came as a surprise to many analysts who used to see the country as a successful example of the implementation of progressive social policies in the first decade of the 21st century, and posed many questions to those seeking to understand the role Brazil now plays in the development of this international far-right wave.

Dieses Buch ist die erste gründliche wissenschaftliche Untersuchung einer der radikalsten Ausprägungen der aktuellen weltweiten Welle neuer rechter Bewegungen und Regierungen: die Bewegung, die den derzeitigen brasilianischen Präsidenten Jair Bolsonaro an die Macht gebracht hat. Der Aufstieg dieser neuen rechten Bewegung in Brasilien kam für viele Analyst*innen überraschend, die das Land bisher als erfolgreiches Beispiel für die Umsetzung einer fortschrittlichen Sozialpolitik im ersten Jahrzehnt des 21.Jahrhunderts betrachteten.

Die Autor*innen dieses Bandes versuchen, einige dieser Fragen zu beantworten, indem sie die Ergebnisse einer umfangreichen Feldforschung vorstellen, die sie im Laufe der Jahre mit Bolsonaro-Anhänger*innen und Mitgliedern der neuen brasilianischen Rechtsbewegungen durchgeführt haben. Sie haben quantitative und vor allem qualitative Daten analysiert, um den beschleunigten Wandel der brasilianischen Öffentlichkeit zu begleiten, ausgehend von kleinen liberalen und konservativen Gruppen in den sozialen Medien hin zu einem größeren Publikum über Buchverlage, das Bildungssystem, die Mainstream-Medien und das politische Parteiensystem.