Populism / Benjamin Moffitt.

By:

Moffitt, Benjamin [author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, U.K. ; Medford, Massachusetts : Polity Press, c2020. Description: xi, 141 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781509534333 (paperback)

Subject(s):

Populism

LOC classification:

JC423 M72 2020

Online resources:

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Contents:

Why populism matters -- What is populism? -- Populism, nationalism & nativism -- Populism & socialism -- Populism & liberalism -- Populism & democracy.

Summary: "Populism is the key political phenomenon of the 21st century. From Trump to Brexit, from Chávez to Podemos, the term has been used to describe leaders, parties and movements across the globe who disrupt the status quo and speak in the name of ‘the people’ against ‘the elite’. Yet the term remains something of a puzzle: poorly understood, vaguely defined and, more often than not, used as a term of abuse. In this concise and engaging book, leading expert Benjamin Moffitt cuts through this confusion. Offering the first accessible introduction to populism as a core concept in political theory, he maps the different schools of thought on how to understand populism and explores how populism relates to some of the most important concepts at the heart of political debate today. He asks: what has populism got to do with nationalism and nativism? How does it intersect with socialism? Is it compatible with liberalism? And in the end, is populism a good or bad thing for democracy?"--Back cover

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	URL	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Books	Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Reserve Section	Non-fiction	RUS JC423 M72 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Link to resource	Room use only	80440		00082810

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why populism matters -- What is populism? -- Populism, nationalism & nativism -- Populism & socialism -- Populism & liberalism -- Populism & democracy.

"Populism is the key political phenomenon of the 21st century. From Trump to Brexit, from Chávez to Podemos, the term has been used to describe leaders, parties and movements across the globe who disrupt the status quo and speak in the name of ‘the people’ against ‘the elite’. Yet the term remains something of a puzzle: poorly understood, vaguely defined and, more often than not, used as a term of abuse.

In this concise and engaging book, leading expert Benjamin Moffitt cuts through this confusion. Offering the first accessible introduction to populism as a core concept in political theory, he maps the different schools of thought on how to understand populism and explores how populism relates to some of the most important concepts at the heart of political debate today. He asks: what has populism got to do with nationalism and nativism? How does it intersect with socialism? Is it compatible with liberalism? And in the end, is populism a good or bad thing for democracy?"--Back cover

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