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- Human Rights in a Time of Populism
- Human Rights in a Time of Populism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Populist Threats to the International Human Rights System
- 2 US Human Rights Policy and the Trump Administration
- 3 Rule-of-Law Rights and Populist Impatience
- 4 Populism and Human Rights in Poland
- 5 The Legal Architecture of Populism
- 6 Representation, Paternalism, and Exclusion
- 7 Penal Populism in Emerging Markets
- 8 The Populist Threat to Democracy in Myanmar
- 9 In Defense of Democratic Populism
- 10 Populism and International Human Rights Law Institutions
- 11 Human Rights Responses to the Populist Challenge
- Index
- References
5 - The Legal Architecture of Populism
Exploring Antagonists in Venezuela and Colombia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 April 2020
- Human Rights in a Time of Populism
- Human Rights in a Time of Populism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Populist Threats to the International Human Rights System
- 2 US Human Rights Policy and the Trump Administration
- 3 Rule-of-Law Rights and Populist Impatience
- 4 Populism and Human Rights in Poland
- 5 The Legal Architecture of Populism
- 6 Representation, Paternalism, and Exclusion
- 7 Penal Populism in Emerging Markets
- 8 The Populist Threat to Democracy in Myanmar
- 9 In Defense of Democratic Populism
- 10 Populism and International Human Rights Law Institutions
- 11 Human Rights Responses to the Populist Challenge
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter examines populism in Latin America as a method of exercising power, rather than a specific set of substantive provisions. It explores the commonalities between left-populism and right-populism as illustrated by two ideologically opposing figures, Hugo Chávez in Venezuela and Álvaro Uribe in Colombia. Despite their contrasting social and economic policies, there were more similarities than differences in the legal architecture they deployed. In both cases, the preferred tools included the resort to referenda to circumvent and control the legislature, delegitimation of the opposition, and activation of mechanisms allowing the executive to legislate by decree. Their methods illustrate how populist leaders use tools to produce arguments of legitimacy for their selection of winners and losers in society.
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- Human Rights in a Time of PopulismChallenges and Responses, pp. 81 - 99Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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