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The populist challenge to representative democracy: Chavist Venezuela and the Five Star Movement

Author(s): Goulart, Mayra ; Adinolfi, Goffredo

Date: 2018

Origin: Análise Social

Subject(s): populismo; Venezuela; Itália; democracia representativa; populism; Venezuela; Italy; representative democracy; .


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This paper is about populism as a phenomenon and it highlights the legitimacy crisis that characterizes liberal democracy in contemporary societies. However, according to the hypothesis presented here, the concept of populism lacks a normative approach capable of detecting and emphasizing the risks involved in this type of representation, in which the bond between rulers and ruled is exposed to a lower degree of reflexivity and criticism. In order to test this initial hypothesis, two case study are presented: the Bolivarian Movement, in Venezuela, and the Five Star Movement, in Italy.

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Este artigo analisa o populismo enquanto fenómeno relacionado com a crise de legitimidade que caracteriza a democracia liberal nas sociedades contemporâneas. No entanto, de acordo com a hipótese aqui apresentada, o conceito de populismo carece de uma abordagem normativa capaz de detetar e enfatizar os riscos envolvidos neste tipo de representação, no qual o vínculo entre governantes e governados é exposto a um menor grau de reflexividade e crítica. Para isso, realizar-se-á uma análise comparada de dois fenómenos passíveis de serem enquadrados na categoria: o Movimento Bolivariano, na Venezuela, e o MoVimento 5 Estrelas, em Itália.

Document Type Journal article
Language Portuguese
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