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Democracy's Paradox : Populism and its Contemporary Crisis / ed. by Bruce Kapferer, Dimitrios Theodossopoulos.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical Interventions: A Forum for Social Analysis ; 18Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (100 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781789201550
  • 9781789201567
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.56/62 23
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  • JC423 .D441527 2019
  • JC423 .D441527 2019
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction Populism and its Paradox -- From ‘the People’ to ‘the Citizens’: -- The Brazilian Crisis and the Ghosts of Populism -- Lurching Between Consensus and Chaos: -- Populism’s Claims: -- How Populism Works
Summary: Does populism indicate a radical crisis in Western democratic political systems? Is it a revolt by those who feel they have too little voice in the affairs of state or are otherwise marginalized or oppressed? Or are populist movements part of the democratic process? Bringing together different anthropological experiences of current populist movements, this volume makes a timely contribution to these questions. Contrary to more conventional interpretations of populism as crisis, the authors instead recognize populism as integral to Western democratic systems. In doing so, the volume provides an important critique that exposes the exclusionary essentialisms spread by populist rhetoric while also directing attention to local views of political accountability and historical consciousness that are key to understanding this paradox of democracy.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction Populism and its Paradox -- From ‘the People’ to ‘the Citizens’: -- The Brazilian Crisis and the Ghosts of Populism -- Lurching Between Consensus and Chaos: -- Populism’s Claims: -- How Populism Works

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Does populism indicate a radical crisis in Western democratic political systems? Is it a revolt by those who feel they have too little voice in the affairs of state or are otherwise marginalized or oppressed? Or are populist movements part of the democratic process? Bringing together different anthropological experiences of current populist movements, this volume makes a timely contribution to these questions. Contrary to more conventional interpretations of populism as crisis, the authors instead recognize populism as integral to Western democratic systems. In doing so, the volume provides an important critique that exposes the exclusionary essentialisms spread by populist rhetoric while also directing attention to local views of political accountability and historical consciousness that are key to understanding this paradox of democracy.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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