What is populism? / Jan-Werner Müller.

By:

Müller, Jan-Werner [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780812248982 (hbk.)
0812248988 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

320.5662 MUL 23 008879

Online resources:

Table of contents

Contents:

What Populists Say -- What Populists Do, or Populism in Power -- How to Deal with Populists -- Conclusion: Seven Theses on Populism.

Summary: This work argues that at populism's core is a rejection of pluralism. Populists will always claim that they and they alone represent the people and their true interests. Müller also shows that, contrary to conventional wisdom, populists can govern on the basis of their claim to exclusive moral representation of the people: if populists have enough power, they will end up creating an authoritarian state that excludes all those not considered part of the proper "people." The book proposes a number of concrete strategies for how liberal democrats should best deal with populists and, in particular, how to counter their claims to speak exclusively for "the silent majority" or "the real people." - Provided by the publisher.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 5.0 (1 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	320.5662 MUL 008879 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		008879

Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-119).

What Populists Say -- What Populists Do, or Populism in Power -- How to Deal with Populists -- Conclusion: Seven Theses on Populism.

This work argues that at populism's core is a rejection of pluralism. Populists will always claim that they and they alone represent the people and their true interests. Müller also shows that, contrary to conventional wisdom, populists can govern on the basis of their claim to exclusive moral representation of the people: if populists have enough power, they will end up creating an authoritarian state that excludes all those not considered part of the proper "people." The book proposes a number of concrete strategies for how liberal democrats should best deal with populists and, in particular, how to counter their claims to speak exclusively for "the silent majority" or "the real people." - Provided by the publisher.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.