Schroeder, Digital media and the rise of right-wing populism, 62 36.) These hard times triggered a political movement called Populism. HipHughes cuts through the age of Populism like a gangster, weaving himself through the end of Gilded times up to the election of Teddy Roosevelt. Mexico chose a leader from the populist left while Brazil turned right, offering an interesting policy contrast in the region. Hillary Clinton began her campaign for the Democratic nomination for president as the undisputed favorite, but Bernie Sanders—a self-avowed socialist—proved to be a significant challenge. Credit was hard to get and interest rates were high. Latin America’s struggles with populism, although far from over, offer some hints about where the current upsurge in populist rhetoric in the United States and Europe might lead. Copyright © 2020.  For her part, Clinton has on her side those Americans who are concerned about Trump’s shoot-from-the-hip approach to issues and his condemnation of many groups in American society, the unavoidable by-product of his xenophobia. Populism is on the rise - especially among Europe's right, and in the US, where it helped crown Mr Trump.  They voted for Bernie Sanders, who essentially said he would take money from the rich and give it to the poor—income redistribution. Yet populism also has a meaning rooted in American history.  The irony, of course, is that in the vast majority of those countries where populists have been elected—Venezuela under Chavez and Zimbabwe under Mugabe come to mind—the problems haven’t been solved. Many of the rural areas’ best and brightest had taken off to seek their fortunes in the cities. The notion of an unstoppable wave took it for granted that both Brexit and the election of Donald Trump were triumphs for populism.  They voted for Bernie Sanders, who essentially said he would take money from the rich and give it to the poor—income redistribution. By the time the elections of 1892 rolledaround, the Farmers’ Alliance—a quasi-political partythat formed in the late 1880s—mergedwith o… The first and most important dynamic is economic—economic insecurity and inequality.  And the number of laws enacted for the current Congress (2015–2016) is running even lower. As displeasure with corruption and inequality brewed throughout Latin America in 2018, the region’s two largest countries, Mexico and Brazil, took a marked turn toward populism.  They voted for candidates who have advocated populist approaches to economic insecurity and income inequality.  Donald Trump started his campaign for the Republican nomination as an entertaining underdog but rode a tidal wave of support to victory, including beating, early in the race, the odds-on favorite Jeb Bush. |9780822945826|The Rise of Punitive Populism in Latin America|Crime and insecurity are top public policy concerns in Latin America.  It’s this second dynamic that led so many voters to support non-establishment candidates in the primaries.  Inflation-adjusted incomes have fallen for the majority of households in America for a generation. In the United States the term was applied to the program of the Populist Movement, which gave rise to the Populist, or People’s, Party in 1892.  They voted for candidates who have advocated populist approaches to economic insecurity and income inequality. At its best, populism is the movement of common people whose interests are ignored in times of economic stress and transformation.  She also has on her side those Americans—both Democrat and Republican— who aren’t swayed by the three dynamics and who believe her more pragmatic, centrist approach to issues will be best for the country. In its most democratic form, populism seeks to defend the interests and maximize the power of ordinary citizens, through reform rather than revolution. Times were tough on the American farm in the 1890s. Conway et al, The Rise of Twitter in the Political Campaign: Searching for Intermedia Agenda-Setting Effects in the Presidential Primary, 364 Money based on the amount of gold reserves the country had was more stable than money based on silver, because the amount of silver reserves was increasing and therefore could “cheapen” the value of money as the price of silver dropped. Many of the rural areas’ best and brightest had taken off to seek their fortunes in the cities. Populism comes in many different forms across different country contexts, with implications for how to tackle it.  The last two complete sessions of the US Congress (2011–2012 and 2013–2014) enacted an average of 290 laws—only one-third to one-half the productivity of earlier Congresses.  What’s going on in American politics? 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