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VALDIVIA ORTIZ DE ZARATE, Verónica  y  PINTO VALLEJOS, Julio. ¿Populismo en Chile?: De Ibáñez a Ibáñez, 1927-1958. Travesía (San Miguel de Tucumán) [online]. 2018, vol.20, n.1, pp.79-93. ISSN 2314-2707.

Populism, as an analytic category and as a socio-political phenomenon, has once more caught scholarly attention.  Within that context, this article dwells on the presence of populist features in 20th-century Chile, specifically between the decades of 1920 and 1950.  The underlying aim is to establish possible similarities between Chilean history and that of other Latin American countries, thus overcoming a tendency to “exceptionalize” our national experience and seeking more fruitful historiographical insights.  We suggest that Chile nurtured a system with populist features, defined as the expansion of State action into the socio-economic sphere, the recognition of rights and political inclusion of some segments of the working class, and a significant incursion into the field of social assistance, with special emphasis on strata excluded from social legislation, particularly women.  The “plebeian” character of this experience was also evidenced in a cultural project that based national identity on popular roots.

Palabras clave : Populism; Chile; 20th-century; Carlos Ibáñez.

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