Populism: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9781138287167 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 122 str.

Manuel Anselmi

Opis

Populism is the first introduction to the theme of populism. It will introduce the principal theories, definitions, models and contemporary debates. A number of global case studies will be used to illustrate the concept:

• Russian populism,
• Latin American populism
• Italian populism

Populism: An Introduction will reflect on the sociology of democratic processes and investigate the evolution of political consensus in contemporary political systems. This book will appeal to academics and postgraduate students working in the field of sociology, political sociology, and politics.

Spis treści

Introduction. The Populist Option.  1. Preliminary Elements of the Concept of Populism.  Part One: Theorist  2. Gino Germani: National-populism and Modernization  3. Edward Shils: Public Sphere and Populism in the USA.  4. Ghița Ionescu and Ernest Gellner; the Foundation of Studies on Populism  5. Margaret Canovan and the Shadow of Democracy.  6. Laclau: The Construction of the Political  7. Mény and Surel: Sovereignty, Constitution and the People.  8. The Recent Debate  Part Two: Major Cases  9. Russian Populism  10. Perón and Peronism  11. Left-Turn and neo- populisms in Latin America  12. Italian Neo-populism   Part Three: Other Typologies and Other Problems  13. Penal Populism  14. Cultural Populism  15. Mediapopulism  16. Constitutional Populism  17. How to Study Populism: Analytical Prospects for Social Researchs  18. Concluding remarks. Democracy and Populism: Which Perspectives?