Populism is the name of a global phenomenon whose definitional precariousness is
proverbial. It resists generalizations and makes scholars of politics comparativist by …

This article reviews a selection of works on populism. Theoretical contributions concerning
definitional and conceptual aspects of populism are discussed, as well as the conditions …

Political theorists do not in general pay much attention to populism; are there any good
reasons why they should do so? This paper will consider a number of positive answers to …

Populism became the name of a form of government after the demise of Fascism. As a
political form located between constitutional government and dictatorship, it displays family …

The recent success of radical right-wing parties in Western democracies is quite amazing,
given their unimpressive history in the post-war period. These new parties are sometimes …

Populism raises awkward questions about modern forms of democracy. It often represents
the ugly face of the people. It is neither the highest form of democracy nor its enemy. It is …

Populism has become one of the most commonly used concepts in contemporary political
science, albeit one which is often contested. Most of the discussion of populism, however …

Populism is one of those phenomena that serve to highlight significant political differences
between Europe and America. The term 'populism'was coined in America at the end of the …

This essay makes another attempt to clarify the concept of populism and to discuss its
causes and consequences. It argues that, at its core, the concept of populism refers to an …

This chapter presents the state of the art of the scholarship on populism. It offers a concise
history of populism and the current scholarship on the topic. It argues that the substantial …