Although 'populism' has become something of a buzzword in discussions about politics, it tends to be studied by country or region. This is the first book to offer a genuine cross-regional perspective ...on populism and its impact on democracy. By analyzing current experiences of populism in Europe and the Americas, this edited volume convincingly demonstrates that populism can be both a threat and a corrective to democracy. The contributors also demonstrate the interesting similarities between right-wing and left-wing populism: both types of populism are prone to defend a political model that is not against democracy per se, but rather at odds with liberal democracy. Populism in Europe and the Americas offers new insights into the current state of democracy from both a theoretical and an empirical point of view.
As Europe enters a significant phase of re-integration of East and West, it faces an increasing problem with the rise of far-right political parties. Cas Mudde offers the first comprehensive and ...truly pan-European study of populist radical right parties in Europe. He focuses on the parties themselves, discussing them both as dependent and independent variables. Based upon a wealth of primary and secondary literature, this book offers critical and original insights into three major aspects of European populist radical right parties: concepts and classifications; themes and issues; and explanations for electoral failures and successes. It concludes with a discussion of the impact of radical right parties on European democracies, and vice versa, and offers suggestions for future research.
Auch mehr als fünf Jahre nach dem Höhepunkt der letzten populistischen Welle werden Fachwelt und Feuilleton nicht müde, die inzwischen zum Gemeinplatz erstarrte Erzählung vom rise of populism mit ...stetig neuem Besorgnismaterial auszukleiden. Ausgehend von der so originellen wie sinnigen Populismuskritik David Arts wirft der vorliegende Beitrag ein fragendes Schlaglicht auf drei mit dieser Erzählung essentiell verbundenen Sachkomplexe: (1) Die Annahme, dass Populismus wirklich das brauchbarste Konzept ist, um die so rubrizierten Akteure analytisch zu fassen; (2) die Annahme, dass deren Wirken Teil eines transnationalen bis transkontinentalen Großprojekts sei, dass also mithin nur verschiedene Varianten eines gemeinsamen Clamors vorliegen; und schließlich auch (3) die titelgebende Annahme vom rise als einem unidirektionalen Siegeszug populistischer Kräfte in Europa und der Welt.
More than five years after the last populist wave has peaked, there is still a notable tendency among scholars and pundits to continue telling the tale of the rise of populism; a tale often told in a particularly drastic and colorful way. Departing from David Art’s thought-provoking conceptual critique, this contribution casts a critical light on three of its elements: (1) the assumption that populism is indeed the analytically most useful concept to grasp the actors usually subsumed under it; (2) the assumption that these actors are part of a transnational or even transcontinental populist project and therefore little but variations of a common theme; and, most importantly, (3) the assumption of a populist rise as such, i.e., of populists increasingly gaining ascendency in Europe and the world.
El objetivo del presente trabajo es ofrecer una breve sistematización de la discusión disciplinar sobre el concepto de ciudadanía, con el propósito de identificar algunas notas que ordenen la ...discusión teórica sobre la problemática. En el contexto latinoamericano, que se ha mostrado atravesado por neopopulismos, giros a la derecha y reminiscencias golpistas propias del siglo pasado, (re)pensar el concepto de ciudadanía se torna de gran importancia a los fines de (re) definir sus límites y alcances actuales pudiendo, con ello, constituir respuestas alternativas a los procesos que, como comunidad latinoamericana, nos atraviesan. De esta manera, concluiremos, que la ciudadanía ha demostrado ser un producto de la interacción no solo de los miembros pertenecientes a una comunidad política, sino también de cómo ha sido la interacción entre ciudadanos, cuasi-ciudadanos y no ciudadanos, dando lugar a lógicas de conflicto y construcción de consensos entre los actores sociales.
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