E-grāmata: Many Faces of Populism: Current Perspectives

The objective of this edited volume is to provide an answer by examining "the many faces of populism." The unifying element across the different explorations of the phenomenon of populism is that there is a shared genus that allows for a typology of the different faces of populism and a demarcation of what is not a form of populism.

This book contains eight essays focused on the latest research into populism throughout the world. Editors Woods and Wejnert provide students of political sociology with a regionally focused overview of populism, featuring essays devoted to the following regions and countries: Italy, Latin America, Poland, and Iran, before examining trends in populist thought worldwide. Woods is a faculty member of Purdue University. Wejnert is a faculty member of the State University of New York at Buffalo. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Populism comes in many guises. Both Berlusconi's personalization of politics and the Northern League's antiimmigrant regionalist movement are viewed as examples of the phenomenon of populism. A type of leftwing populism embodied by Hugo Chavez swept across Latin America. Insurgent and antisystem movements and parties in places as different as the Netherlands, India, Norway, Thailand, Russia and the United States have experienced what have been labeled populists movements. Such varied manifestations beg the question: what is populism? The objective of this edited volume is to provide an answer by examining "the many faces of populism." The unifying element across the different explorations of the phenomenon of populism is that there is a shared genus that allows for a typology of the different faces of populism and a demarcation of what is not a form of populism.