Populocracy by Catherine Fieschi
Catherine Fieschi examines why populism and populist parties have become a feature of our politics. Populism's appeal, she argues, needs to be understood as a response to the fundamental reshaping of our political, economic and social spheres through globalization and the digital revolution.-
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A succinct, comprehensively researched and intelligible account of the definitional contours, history, multiple origins, and multifaceted nature of ‘populism’Fieschi disentangles populism from fascism and the ‘extreme right’ and identifies the core memes of ‘populocratic’ sentiment and ressentiment. In doing so she highlights the seductiveness of its myth of 'the people’, and the growing dangers it poses to democratic pluralism. These dangers can only grow in a digital age in which individuals can narcissistically confuse their voice with vox populi. -- Roger Griffin, Oxford Brookes University
Catherine Fieschi does what many claim to do but few achieve: write an original book on populism. Far-reaching and thought-provoking, Populocracy is a must read for practitioners and scholars alike. -- Cas Mudde, Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF Professor of International Affairs, University of Georgia
Catherine Fieschi’s brilliant analysis of populism draws on her decades of deep research to bring the colour, the people, the real-life experiences that explain the 'jiu-jitsu' politics beyond the survey data and theoretical models. This book gives the vital missing links between the history of populism and its contemporary forms, puncturing the simplistic explanations with analytical rigour and first-hand evidence from her personal encounters with populists like Jean-Marie Le Pen long before others took them seriously. -- Heather Grabbe, Director, Open Society European Institute, Brussels
Essential reading -- Danny Dorling, University of Oxford
Vivid and illuminating ... combines conceptual analysis with real examples to chart the historic evolution of populism. -- Ben Hall, Financial Times
This is an absorbing volume and we are in the hands of an absorbing writer – a juggler of paradoxes, an assailer of conventional wisdom and a challenger of foolish optimisms. For students of politics, their teachers, politicians and commentators it provides a fascinating meditation on a key problem of twenty-first-century existence. -- Derek Hawes, Journal of Contemporary European Studies
Accessible, thought-provoking and innovative. Fieschi’s concept of authenticity provides an intriguing way of describing the populist imaginary. -- Ben Margulies, LSE Review of Books
Catherine Fieschi does what many claim to do but few achieve: write an original book on populism. Far-reaching and thought-provoking, Populocracy is a must read for practitioners and scholars alike. -- Cas Mudde, Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF Professor of International Affairs, University of Georgia
Catherine Fieschi’s brilliant analysis of populism draws on her decades of deep research to bring the colour, the people, the real-life experiences that explain the 'jiu-jitsu' politics beyond the survey data and theoretical models. This book gives the vital missing links between the history of populism and its contemporary forms, puncturing the simplistic explanations with analytical rigour and first-hand evidence from her personal encounters with populists like Jean-Marie Le Pen long before others took them seriously. -- Heather Grabbe, Director, Open Society European Institute, Brussels
Essential reading -- Danny Dorling, University of Oxford
Hardly anyone knows populism better than Catherine Fieschi. In this excellent book, she has something new to say about why the confusion and discontent of our age has taken the specific form of populism.
-- Simon Kuper, columnist, Financial TimesVivid and illuminating ... combines conceptual analysis with real examples to chart the historic evolution of populism. -- Ben Hall, Financial Times
This is an absorbing volume and we are in the hands of an absorbing writer – a juggler of paradoxes, an assailer of conventional wisdom and a challenger of foolish optimisms. For students of politics, their teachers, politicians and commentators it provides a fascinating meditation on a key problem of twenty-first-century existence. -- Derek Hawes, Journal of Contemporary European Studies
Accessible, thought-provoking and innovative. Fieschi’s concept of authenticity provides an intriguing way of describing the populist imaginary. -- Ben Margulies, LSE Review of Books
Catherine Fieschi is founder and executive director of Counterpoint, a research consultancy that focuses on the social and cultural drivers of political dynamics. Her publications include Fascism, Populism and the French Fifth Republic and numerous articles and pamphlets.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781788210256 |
| ISBN 10 | 1788210255 |
| Title | Populocracy |
| Author | Catherine Fieschi |
| Series | Comparative Political Economy |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Agenda Publishing |
| Year published | 2019-06-30 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
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