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Populism in Europe and the Americas : threat or corrective for democracy? /
"Although 'populism' has become something of a buzzword in discussions about politics, it tends to be studied by country or region. This is the first book to offer a genuine cross-regional perspective on populism and its impact on democracy. By analyzing current experiences of populis...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Although 'populism' has become something of a buzzword in discussions about politics, it tends to be studied by country or region. This is the first book to offer a genuine cross-regional perspective on populism and its impact on democracy. By analyzing current experiences of populism in Europe and the Americas, this edited volume convincingly demonstrates that populism can be both a threat and a corrective to democracy. The contributors also demonstrate the interesting similarities between right-wing and left-wing populism: both types of populism are prone to defend a political model that is not against democracy per se, but rather at odds with liberal democracy. Populism in Europe and the Americas offers new insights into the current state of democracy from both a theoretical and an empirical point of view"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 257 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-249) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139424233 1139424238 9781139422192 1139422197 9781139420143 1139420143 9781139152365 113915236X 1139411764 9781139411769 1107231914 9781107231917 1280683163 9781280683169 9786613660107 6613660108 1139423169 9781139423168 1139418106 9781139418102 |