Populisms power : radical grassroots democracy in America Machine generated contents note:Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Aspirational Democratic Populism: Enacting Popular Power at the Horizons of Democracy Chapter Two: Fanning the Spark of Hope: Populisms Rebellious Commonwealth Chapter Three: Americas Populist Imaginary: Brought to You by Chevrolet and Leonard Cohen Chapter Four: Populist Resonances in the Twenty first Century: The Tea Party and Occupy Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index. Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Aspirational Democratic Populism: Enacting Popular Power at the Horizons of Democracy Chapter Two: Fanning the Spark of Hope: Populisms Rebellious Commonwealth Chapter Three: Americas Populist Imaginary: Brought to You by Chevrolet and Leonard Cohen Chapter Four: Populist Resonances in the Twenty first Century: The Tea Party and Occupy Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index In Populisms Power Laura Grattan looks at how populism cultivates the aspirations of ordinary people to exercise power over their everyday lives and their collective fate. She considers a range of populist moments and reopens the idea that grassroots movements can play a key role in democratizing power and politics in America