According to Yascha Mounk, populism is “Some attempt by ambitious politicians to mobilize the masses in opposition to an establishment they depict as corrupt or self-serving.” …
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posted on by Colin C
Rollins College Tagged With: denmark, economics, opportunity, populism, social mobility, Sweden, United States
According to Yascha Mounk, populism is “Some attempt by ambitious politicians to mobilize the masses in opposition to an establishment they depict as corrupt or self-serving.” …
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posted on by Paloma K
Rollins College Tagged With: demagogue, Democratic Erosion, Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, France, French politics, Marine Le Pen, populism, presidential election, Right-Wing Populism
On Sunday, April 10th, France will enter its first round of elections for the 2022 presidential race. Amongst the eight candidates running, current French President Emmanuel Macron of the Republican …
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SUNY-Binghamton Tagged With: Farage, Le Pen, populism, Putin, Right-Wing Populism, Russia, Russian Invasion, Salvini, Trump, Tucker Carlson, Ukraine
On the morning of February 24, Putin ordered a “special military operation” under the guise of demilitarizing, denazifying, and democratizing Ukraine. This came after weeks of stationing hundreds of …
posted on by Wyatt Mull
University of Georgia Tagged With: neoliberalism, populism
The traditional conceptions of neoliberalism and populism are quite contradictory, making it difficult to imagine a scenario in which they could be successfully combined by a political leader. …
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posted on by Andrew Yount
University of Georgia Tagged With: democracy, populism
Populism has been defined by Encyclopedia Britannica as: a political movement which champions, or claims to champion, the common person, usually by favorable contrast with a real or perceived elite. …
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posted on by Hannah Kesner
University of Georgia Tagged With: 2016 Election, populism, Sanders, Trump, United States
https://medium.com/@marcushjohnson/bernie-sanders-and-donald-trump-are-two-sides-of-the-same-coin-a862b80762e7 While scholars differ on an exact definition of populism, the overall consensus is …
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Brown University Tagged With: populism, Trump, United States
What are the psychological roots of President Donald Trump’s populist success? Understanding populism through Cas Mudde’s The Populist Zeitgeist and Jan-Werner Müller’s What Is Populism, the ideology …
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Ohio State University Tagged With: Corruption, North Macedonia, populism, public distrust
In June 2020, a court in North Macedonia handed down sentences for two high-profile defendants: nine years in jail for flamboyant TV personality Bojan Jovanovski, commonly known as Boki …
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