Populism

Origins and Alternative Policy Responses

Bibliographic Data

ID6566465
EditorsAndrés Velasco (0000-0003-0441-5062), Irene Bucelli
Year2022
Pages149
Publication date2022-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenuePopulism (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherLSE Academic Publishing (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.31389/lsepress.pop
OpenAlexW4225907490
Open LibraryOL42720988M
ISBN9781909890930, 9781909890923
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited67

Populist movements, parties and leaders have gained influence in many countries, disrupting long-established patterns of party competition, impugning the legitimacy of representative institutions and sometimes actively weakening or coarsening government capabilities. By positing an acute contrast between the will of the people and established elites, and advocating simplistic policy solutions careless of minority rights, populists have challenged the development and even the maintenance of liberal democracy on many fronts. Social scientists’ attention to populism has grown rapidly, although it remains somewhat fragmented across disciplines. Many questions remain. Are populism’s causes economic or cultural? National or local? Is populism a threat to liberal democracy? If so, what kind of threat? And what can be done about it? Employing a range of conceptual toolkits and methods, this interdisciplinary book addresses in a critical and evidence-based way the most common diagnoses of populism’s causes, consequences and policy antidotes

Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Legitimacy · Liberal democracy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Sociology · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Public Administration · Political planning

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