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Democracy's Paradox: Populism and Its Contemporary Crisis

Democracy's Paradox: Populism and Its Contemporary Crisis

Kapferer, Bruce
Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios

Paperback

Series: Critical Interventions: A Forum for Social Analysis, Book 18

AnthropologyGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1789201551
ISBN13: 9781789201550
Publisher: Berghahn Books Inc
Published: Apr 2 2019
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.31 Width: 4.25 Depth: 7.00
Language: English

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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