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Title Contemporary populism : a controversial concept and its diverse forms / edited by Sergiu Gherghina, Sergiu Mişcoiu and Sorina Soare.

Publication Info. Newcastle, Neb. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (x, 370 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
Contents Contributors; acknowledgments; introduction; part i; from populism to neo-populism?; the "common idiot" of populism; the ideological components of populism; foundational populism; populism and political science; part ii; a latin-american polemic; populism and democracy in africa; the facets and offshoots of populism in sub-saharan africa; rednecks and watermelons; in the name of the people!; italy; neo-populism in the post-communist zodiac; old and new populism in russian politics.
Summary The fundamental question uniting the contributions to this volume is: what exactly is populism? This is certainly not a new question, as a large amount of literature has focused on this topic for more than half a century. As little conceptual consensus has been reached so far, this book aims to reduce the level of abstraction. To this end, it approaches the populist phenomenon from a broader theoretical and empirical perspective, making reference to its developments on several continents. The ...
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Populism.
Populism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Gherghina, Sergiu.
Mișcoiu, Sergiu.
Soare, Sorina.
Other Form: Print version: 9781443848695 1443848697
ISBN 1443849979 (electronic book)
9781443849975 (electronic book)
9781443848695 (hardback)
1443848697 (hardback)