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The end of populism : twenty proposals to defend liberal democracy /
This book proposes concrete solutions to confront the populist wave and the rise of ""illiberal democracy."" The author demonstrates that democracy is not a ""demand side"" phenomenon, but rather a ""supply side"" phenomenon and formulates...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Manchester] :
Manchester University Press,
2021.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I The populist wave: why did it happen?
- 1 What is populism? Constructing an ideal type
- 2 A portrait of the populist voter
- 3 Populism and the role of disgust
- 4 The populist program: what do populists want?
- 5 Populists in power
- Part II Do we have too much democracy or not enough?
- 6 Is democracy a question of supply or demand?
- 7 Referendums and popular initiatives: can one have too much democracy?
- 8 Open primaries: do they "give the power back to the people?
- 9 Reinforcing the independent agencies
- Part III Twenty proposals to defend liberal democracy: reforming politics and education
- 10 Not more, but less direct democracy is needed
- 11 A plea for a cordon sanitaire
- 12 Fight corruption, restore trust, and change party financing
- 13 The Sisyphean task of making public life more moral
- 14 How to get rid of political castes
- 15 The need for democratic education
- Part IV Twenty proposals to defend liberal democracy: reforming society
- 16 How to handle "fake news" and "alternative facts"
- 17 How to reduce economic inequality
- 18 Toward an economic democracy
- 19 Solving the knotty problem of migration
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index