Democracies and the Populist Challenge
Download or Read eBook Democracies and the Populist Challenge PDF written by Y. Meny and published by Springer. This book was released on 2001-12-06 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Y. Meny |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 266 |
| Release | : 2001-12-06 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781403920072 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1403920079 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Democracies and the Populist Challenge by : Y. Meny
Book excerpt: Populism has become a favourite catchword for mass media and politicians faced with the challenge of protest parties or movements. It has often been equated with radical right leaders or parties. This volume offers a different perspective and underlines that populism is an ambiguous but constitutive component of democratic systems torn between their ideology (government of the people, by the people, for the people) and their actual functioning, characterised by the role of the elites and the limits put on the popular will by liberal constitutionalism.
