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What Is populism? / / Jan-Werner Müller



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Autore: Müller Jan-Werner <1970-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: What Is populism? / / Jan-Werner Müller Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]
©2016
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (69 pages)
Disciplina: 320.56/62
Soggetto topico: Populism
Democracy - Philosophy
Political science - Philosophy
Classificazione: MF 3390
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. What Populists Say -- 2. What Populists Do, or Populism in Power -- 3. How to Deal with Populists -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments
Sommario/riassunto: Donald Trump, Silvio Berlusconi, Marine Le Pen, Hugo Chávez—populists are on the rise across the globe. But what exactly is populism? Should everyone who criticizes Wall Street or Washington be called a populist? What precisely is the difference between right-wing and left-wing populism? Does populism bring government closer to the people or is it a threat to democracy? Who are "the people" anyway and who can speak in their name? These questions have never been more pressing. In this groundbreaking volume, Jan-Werner Müller argues that at populism's core is a rejection of pluralism. Populists will always claim that they and they alone represent the people and their true interests. Müller also shows that, contrary to conventional wisdom, populists can govern on the basis of their claim to exclusive moral representation of the people: if populists have enough power, they will end up creating an authoritarian state that excludes all those not considered part of the proper "people." The book proposes a number of concrete strategies for how liberal democrats should best deal with populists and, in particular, how to counter their claims to speak exclusively for "the silent majority" or "the real people." Analytical, accessible, and provocative, What Is Populism? is grounded in history and draws on examples from Latin America, Europe, and the United States to define the characteristics of populism and the deeper causes of its electoral successes in our time.
Titolo autorizzato: What Is populism  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8122-9378-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814057803321
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