The Many Faces of Populism
Subtitle: Current Perspectives / edited by Dwayne Woods, Barbara Wejnert
Contributors: Wejnert, Barbara, editor
Edition: First edition.
Series: Research in political sociology -- 22; Research in political sociology -- 22.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9781783502585
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Political sociology; Populismus; Populism; Politische Soziologie
Description: Populism comes in many guises. Both Berlusconi's personalization of politics and the Northern League's anti-immigrant regionalist movement are viewed as examples of the phenomenon of populism. A type of leftwing populism embodied by Hugo Chavez swept across Latin America. Insurgent and antisystem movements and parties in places as different as the Netherlands, India, Norway, Thailand, Russia and the United States have experienced what have been labeled populists movements. Such varied manifestations beg the question: what is populism? The objective of this edited volume is to provide an answer by examining 'the many faces of populism.' The unifying element across the different explorations of the phenomenon of populism is that there is a shared genus that allows for a typology of the different faces of populism and a demarcation of what is not a form of populism.--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.