
Populism in Europe and the Americas
Threat or Corrective for Democracy?
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Populism in Europe and the Americas
Threat or Corrective for Democracy?
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Populism in Europe and the Americas
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on contributor s
- Preface
- 1 Populism and (liberal) democracy: a framework for analysis
- 2 Populist parties in Belgium: a case of hegemonic liberal democracy?
- 3 Populism and democracy in Canada’s Reform Party
- 4 The Czech Republicans 1990–1998: a populist outsider in a consolidating democracy
- 5 “To hell with your corrupt institutions!”: AMLO and populism in Mexico
- 6 Populism in government: of Austria (2000–2007)
- 7 Populism and democracy in Venezuela under Hugo Chávez
- 8 Populism and competitive authoritarianism: the case of Fujimori’s Peru
- 9 Populism, democracy, and nationalism in Slovakia
- 10 Populism: corrective and threat to democracy
- Bibliography
- Index