Power Populism
Journal: Russia in Global Affairs
Year: 2020

In traditional understandings of classical populism, power is commonly defined as being in need of devolving from the corridors of power and out to a more grassroots foundation. At its core, populism was usually seen as a belief in empowering regular people. 'Regular people' were typically defined as being disconnected, if not outright disenfranchised, from central power and outside the realm of the 'elite.' This paper investigates the modern phenomenon in Russia and America that turns these tra