02797nam 2200565 a 450 991045226550332120200520144314.01-4438-4997-9(CKB)2550000001107395(EBL)1336758(OCoLC)855505113(SSID)ssj0001154976(PQKBManifestationID)11735274(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001154976(PQKBWorkID)11179467(PQKB)11590869(MiAaPQ)EBC1336758(Au-PeEL)EBL1336758(CaPaEBR)ebr10742382(CaONFJC)MIL507748(EXLCZ)99255000000110739520130816d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrContemporary populism[electronic resource]a controversial concept and its diverse forms /edited by Sergiu Gherghina, Sergiu Mişcoiu and Sorina SoareNewcastle, Neb. Cambridge Scholars Pub.c20131 online resource (382 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-4869-7 1-299-76497-5 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; FROM POPULISM TO NEO-POPULISM?; THE "COMMON IDIOT" OF POPULISM; THE IDEOLOGICAL COMPONENTS OF POPULISM; FOUNDATIONAL POPULISM; POPULISM AND POLITICAL SCIENCE; PART II; A LATIN-AMERICAN POLEMIC; POPULISM AND DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA; THE FACETS AND OFFSHOOTS OF POPULISM IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; REDNECKS AND WATERMELONS; IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE!; ITALY; NEO-POPULISM IN THE POST-COMMUNIST ZODIAC; OLD AND NEW POPULISM IN RUSSIAN POLITICSThe fundamental question uniting the contributions to this volume is: what exactly is populism? This is certainly not a new question, as a large amount of literature has focused on this topic for more than half a century. As little conceptual consensus has been reached so far, this book aims to reduce the level of abstraction. To this end, it approaches the populist phenomenon from a broader theoretical and empirical perspective, making reference to its developments on several continents. The book is divided into two parts: the first is theoretical and discusses various perspectives on populisPopulismElectronic books.Populism.324.213Gherghina Sergiu903239Mișcoiu Sergiu1040400Soare Sorina1040401MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452265503321Contemporary populism2463218UNINA