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Obed Ramos Ortega

Cientista político y profesor de la Universidad de Guanajuato. Maestrante en Análisis Político por la Universidad de Guanajuato (UG) y licenciado en Ciencia Política por la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM).

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Populism as a democratic response

The growing support in several countries for populist leaders may be worrying. However, it is plausible to think that it is a response consistent with the basic beliefs of societies affected by a process of growing economic inequality and social exclusion.