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Populocracy

The Tyranny of Authenticity and the Rise of Populism

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

AvCatherine Fieschi

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Populism has become a significant feature of mature democracies in the twenty-first century and the rise of populist parties is proving a powerful and disruptive force. Catherine Fieschi offers a comparative analysis of the rise of populist parties in France, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK in the context of major digital and political transformations. Populism is effective, Fieschi shows, because it originates from within the democratic tradition and has been able to turn some of democracy’s key strengths against it – what she calls Jiu-jitsu politics. Populism needs to be understood not simply as a response to globalization by the “disillusioned” or “left behind”, but as a consequence of the digital revolution on our political and democratic expectations. She demonstrates how new dynamics unleashed by social media – the fantasy of radical transparency, the demand for immediacy and the rejection of expert truth and facts – have been harnessed by populism, enabling it to make unprecedented inroads into our political landscapes.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-06-30
Mått138 x 216 x 16 mm
Vikt352 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieComparative Political Economy
Antal sidor192
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781788210249

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A succinct, comprehensively researched and intelligible account of the definitional contours, history, multiple origins, and multifaceted nature of ‘populism’. Fieschi disentangles populism from fascism and the ‘extreme right’ and identifies the core memes of ‘populocratic’ sentiment and ressentiment. In doing so she highlights the seductiveness of its myth of 'the people’, and the growing dangers it poses to democratic pluralism. These dangers can only grow in a digital age in which individuals can narcissistically confuse their voice with vox populi.