“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?”

- William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

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Wendy Wolford is Polson Professor of Development Sociology at Cornell University, USA. Email: www43@cornell.edu

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Enfrentarse al populismo autoritario: la dimensión rural

Ian Scoones, Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Lyda Fernanda Forero, Ruth Hall, Marc Edelman, Wendy Wolford, and Benjamin White 13 March 2018

Junto a los intereses de clase y las desigualdades, la religión, las dinámicas de género, el lugar y la identidad cultural son los factores que conforman el auge del populismo autoritario en las zonas rurales. English

Élites autoritarias y movimientos populares en Brasil

Wendy Wolford and Sergio Sauer 6 March 2018

El caso de Brasil sugiere que, para lograr cambios radicales en un contexto de desigualdad estructural y de élites militarizadas, lo que hace falta es más movilización popular. English

Authoritarian elitism and popular movements in Brazil

Sergio Sauer and Wendy Wolford 5 March 2018

Can a president institute radical popular change alongside structural inequality and a militarized elite? The Brazilian case suggests that a progressive political party requires more social movement mobilization, not less. Español

Confronting authoritarian populism: the rural dimension

Ian Scoones, Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Lyda Fernanda Forero, Ruth Hall, Marc Edelman, Wendy Wolford, and Benjamin White 29 January 2018

Religion, gender dynamics, place and cultural identity – all inform rising authoritarian populism in rural areas, alongside class interests and inequalities. Mobilising alternatives to capture by regressive political forces is not straightforward.