Democracy's Paradox

Populism and its Contemporary Crisis
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78920-155-0
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 18, 100 Seiten, Format (B × H): 108 mm x 178 mm, Gewicht: 123 g

Reihe: Critical Interventions: A Forum for Social Analysis

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kapferer, Bruce

Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Current Affairs

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Populism and its Paradox

Bruce Kapferer and Dimitrios Theodossopoulos

Chapter 1. From “The People” to “The Citizens”: The Possibilities and Limitations of Populist Discourse in Argentina

Victoria Goddard

Chapter 2. The Brazilian Crisis and the Ghosts of Populism

John Gledhill

Chapter 3. Lurching between Consensus and Chaos: Shades of Populism in Australian Indigenous Policy

Melinda Hinkson and Jon Altman

Chapter 4. Populism’s Claims: The Struggle between Privilege and Equality

Susana Narotzky

Chapter 5. How Populism Works

Michael Herzfeld

Über Autor(innen)

Kapferer, Bruce
Bruce Kapferer is Honorary Professor University College London and Professor Emeritus, University of Bergen, where he is Director of the Egalitarianism Project supported by an ERC Advanced Grant. Has published widely on South Asia, Africa and Australia where he has done extensive anthropological fieldwork.

Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios
Dimitrios Theodossopoulos is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Kent. He is the author of two ethnographic monographs: Troubles with Turtles (2003), and Exoticisation Undressed (2016); and the editor of multiple collections.

Bruce Kapferer is Honorary Professor University College London and Professor Emeritus, University of Bergen, where he is Director of the Egalitarianism Project supported by an ERC Advanced Grant. Has published widely on South Asia, Africa and Australia where he has done extensive anthropological fieldwork.