'This lucid guide is essential reading' Guardian From Donald Trump
to Recep Erdogan, populists are on the rise across the globe. But
what exactly is populism? Should everyone who criticizes Wall
Street or Washington be called a populist? What precisely is the
difference between right-wing and left-wing populism? Does populism
bring government closer to the people or is it a threat to
democracy? Who are "the people" anyway and who can speak in their
name? These questions have never been more pressing. In this
provocative book, Jan-Werner Muller argues that at populism's core
is a rejection of pluralism. Populists will always claim that they
and they alone represent the people and their true interests.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, populists can govern on the basis
of their claim to exclusive moral representation of the people: if
populists have enough power, they will end up creating an
authoritarian state that excludes all those not considered part of
the proper "people". Proposing a number of concrete strategies for
how liberal democrats should best deal with populists, Muller shows
how to counter their claims to speak exclusively for "the silent
majority". *Updated with a new afterword*
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