Populism: A Very Short Introduction

Populism: A Very Short Introduction

Cas Mudde, Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser

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Populism is a central concept in the current media debates about politics and elections. However, like most political buzzwords, the term often floats from one meaning to another, and both social scientists and journalists use it to denote diverse phenomena. What is populism really? Who are the populist leaders? What is the relationship between populism and democracy?Populism: A Very Short Introduction presents populism as an ideology that divides society into two antagonistic camps: the “pure people” versus the “corrupt elite,” and that privileges popular sovereignty above all else. It illustrates the practical power of this ideology by describing populist movements of the modern era—European right-wing parties, left-wing presidents in Latin America, and the Tea Party movement in the United States—and charismatic populist leaders such as Juan Domingo Péron, H. Ross Perot, Silvio Berlusconi, and Hugo Chávez. Although populism is ultimately part of democracy, populist forces constitute an increasing challenge to democratic politics.
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Year:
2017

Edition:
2nd

Publisher:
Oxford University Press

Language:
english

Pages:
131 / 152

ISBN 10:
0190234873

ISBN 13:
9780190234874

Series:
Very Short Introductions

File:
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