by Salvatore Ragonese | Apr 11, 2019 | Suffolk University
John Shattuck, a professor at Tufts University, recently gave a public lecture on the topic of populism and nationalism. Although it touched upon an international issue, Shattuck’s speech was specifically intended for an American audience. Given in Boston’s historic...
by Zhuoyang Song | Apr 8, 2019 | Boston University
The elections in Sweden indicate that populism in Europe is continually rising and such trend is not good for maintaining democracy because the voice from minority groups are neglected from the agenda setting and policymaking, while only the majority elites control...
by Felicia Gordon | Apr 7, 2019 | Boston University
Jair Bolsonaro was elected into power to serve as Brazil’s President on January 1, 2019. While the brief amount of time since his Presidency began limits Bolsonaro’s role thus far in forming new policies, it does not limit the global concern about the destruction...
by Jacob Buckelew | Mar 31, 2019 | Rollins College
It is the great paradox within the party of the welfare state that economic populism results in a greater level of elitism in Washington. As David Brooks suggests, centralization-as opposed to devolution-does not give more power to local communities to meet the...
by Riham Amin | Mar 7, 2019 | American University
Over the past two decades nations around the world have collectively fallen into the hands of populist leaders. From the long-lasting global stronghold of the United States the developing upheaval of Venezuela, populism has managed to grow across various political...
