It is the great paradox within the party of the welfare state that economic populism results in a greater level of elitism in Washington. As David Brooks suggests, centralization-as opposed to …
Japan Evades Populism but Sets the Stage for Future Trouble by Riham Amin
Over the past two decades nations around the world have collectively fallen into the hands of populist leaders. From the long-lasting global stronghold of the United States the developing upheaval of …
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Fighting Populism with Populism: The Race to 2020 by Olivia Kesselring
Populist rhetoric emerges as the dominant theme in the race for the 2020 presidency, further polarizing the left and right. Over the last few years, there has been a rise in candidates on both ends …
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Yellow Vest Protests in France by Joe Bodnar
The Yellow Vest protests mark a period of disruption in France’s long, disordered history with liberal democracy. Galvanized behind the symbol of high-visibility jackets, the Yellow Vests mobilized a …
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The Ultimate Fight: U.S.A. vs Populism by Kaylan Anderson @University of Louisiana at Lafayette
In the United States some people may feel that having elected Donald Trump as president has contributed to the increase of populism. Citizens gravitate towards populism in hopes of electing a …
Why Trump’s strain of populism is bad by Baxter Shirey @ Georgia State
Trump makes a bad populist leader because he has no real intention of helping the common man, and must maintain this facade in ways that test the normal bounds of executive power - like by lying and …
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Is Too Much Democracy a Bad Thing? by Matthew Mottet @ Georgia State University
Is it necessarily true that “the cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy”? In 1972 the McGovern-Fraser Commission revolutionized America’s primary system under this quote. For centuries …
POLARIZATION, POLITICAL PARTY AND POPULISM by Jerry Buenavista @ University of the Philippines – Diliman
Polarization is instrumental in President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party’s emergence and continuance as dominant political forces in Turkey and it is hurting the country’s …