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What is populism? / Jan-Werner Müller.

By: Müller, Jan-Werner, 1970- [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Penguin politicsPublisher: UK : Penguin Books, 2017Edition: New [edition]Description: 141 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780141987378 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Populism | Politics and Government | Politics and GovernmentDDC classification: 320.5'662 Summary: 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 criticises 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 provocative book, Jan-Werner Müller argues that at populism's core is a rejection of pluralism.
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Previous edition: Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 criticises 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 provocative book, Jan-Werner Müller argues that at populism's core is a rejection of pluralism.

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