The Pushback Against Populism

Why Ecuador's Referendums Backfired

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ID6288513
AuthorsFelipe Burbano De Lara, Carlos De La Torre (0000-0003-3477-8884)
Year2020
Volume31
Issue2
Pages69-80
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of democracy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jod.2020.0022
OpenAlexW3015554436
LanguageEN
Citations received10

Since taking office in May 2017, Ecuadorean president Lenín Moreno has made headline-grabbing efforts to reverse the transformations wrought by his populist predecessor, Rafael Correa (2007–17). Initially elected as Correa's handpicked successor and the candidate of his Alianza PAIS movement, Moreno departed from the course set by Correa on matters ranging from the abolition of term limits to the launch of anticorruption investigations. Yet illiberal populism's architect in Ecuador and his antipopulist successor have turned out to share one key political habit: a reliance on referendums. The case of Ecuador suggests that referendums may be liable to backfire when used in the service of restoring democracy

Allende meteorite · Authoritarianism · Democracy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Right wing · Slogan · Sociology · Successor cardinal · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Public Administration

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