The nexus of populism and foreign policy

The case of Latin America

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4445014
AutoresLeslie Wehner (0000-0001-5790-7568, University of Bath, autor de correspondencia), Cameron G Thies (0000-0002-9932-1394, Arizona State University)
Año2021
Volumen35
Número2
Páginas320-340
Fecha de publicación2021-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Relations (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0047-1178 • E-ISSN: 1741-2862
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0047117820944430
OpenAlexW3040686467
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas57

The term populism has recently gained visibility in the media and policy world to describe the foreign policy principles, rhetoric and strategies of political actors in the United States and some European states. Yet, populism is nothing new in Latin America where it has enjoyed a long tradition among leaders of various countries. Populism has thus far largely been treated as a national phenomenon with few international manifestations. Thus, this article adopts the concept of populism and its core components such as anti-elitism, the people, and the general will within a role theory framework to trace the foreign policy roles that populist governments play as a first step to improving our knowledge on the nexus of populism and foreign policy. We examine this framework in the context of the foreign policy of Carlos Menem of Argentina and Hugo Chávez of Venezuela

Context (archaeology) · Elitism · Foreign policy · Latin Americans · Nexus (standard) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Rhetoric · Sociology · History · International Relations in Latin America · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America · Populism, Right-Wing Movements