1st Edition

Populism An Introduction

By Manuel Anselmi Copyright 2018
    130 Pages
    by Routledge

    130 Pages
    by Routledge

    Populism: An Introduction 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;

    • Peronism;

    • Media populism;

    • Penal populism;

    • Constitutional populism.

    Populism 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.

    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?

    Biography

    Manuel Anselmi is an Assistant Professor of Political Sociology at University of Perugia, Italy.