Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Neopopulism and its limits in Collor's Brazil

2000; Wiley; Volume: 19; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0261-3050(99)00079-0

1470-9856

Folco Panizza,

Populism, Right-Wing Movements

The election of Fernando Collor de Mello as President of Brazil in 1989 was regarded as part of a new wave of neopopulist leaders in contemporary Latin America. The article explores the conditions of emergence of Collor's neopopulist project, the nature of his appeal and the causes of his downfall. The article argues that the emergence of Collor's neopopulist challenge was the result of a crisis of representation in Brazil's edging democratic order. The article concludes that Collor's demise from power in 1992 had to do with the precarious nature of his appeal and his failure to ground his project in a new set of political institutions.