Populism: A Very Short Introduction Audiobook (Free)

Populism is a central concept in today’s media debates about politics and elections. However, like most political buzzwords, the word often floats from one meaning to some other, and both sociable scientists and journalists use it to denote varied phenomena. What’s populism actually? Who are the populist market leaders? And what’s the relationship between populism and democracy? This reserve answers these queries in a straightforward and persuasive way, offering a swift guidebook to populism theoretically and practice..READING MORE about Populism: A Very Short Introduction

Cas Mudde and Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser present populism as an ideology that divides society into two antagonistic camps, the ‘real people’ versus the ‘corrupt elite,’ and that privileges the overall will of the people most of all. They illustrate the useful power of the ideology through a study of consultant populist actions of the modern era: European right-wing celebrations, left-wing presidents in Latin America, and the Tea Party movement in the United States. The authors delve into the ambivalent personalities of charismatic populist market leaders such as for example Juan Domingo Peron, H. Ross Perot, Jean-Marie le Pencil, Silvio Berlusconi, and Hugo Chávez. If the solid male leader embodies the mainstream type of populism, many resolute women, such as for example Eva Peron, Pauline Hanson, and Sarah Palin, have also succeeded in creating a populist status, often by exploiting gendered notions of culture.

Although populism is ultimately component of democracy, populist motions constitute a growing challenge to democratic politics. Evaluating political trends across different countries, this compelling book debates what the long-term consequences of this challenge could be, as it transforms the spotlight within the bewildering aftereffect of populism on today’s political and social life.