Populism and the Crisis of Democracy

Name: Populism and the Crisis of Democracy
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Populism and the Crisis of DemocracyVolume 1: Concepts and Theory\nAuthor(s): Gregor Fitzi, Juergen Mackert, Bryan Turner\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367664770, 978-0367664770\nSynopsis\nThere is no threat to Western democracies today comparable to the rise of right-wing populism. While it has played an increasing role at least since the 1990s, only the social consequences of the global financial crises in 2008 have given it its break that led to UKs Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as US President in 2016, as well as promoting what has been called left populism in countries that were hit the hardest by both the banking crisis and consequential neo-liberal austerity politics in the EU, such as Greece and Portugal.\n\nIn 2017, the French Front National (FN) attracted many voters in the French Presidential elections; we have seen the radicalization of the Alternative fr Deutschland (AfD) in Germany and.