Populism and the Crisis of Democracy - 9780367667436

Name: Populism and the Crisis of Democracy - 9780367667436
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Populism and the Crisis of DemocracyVolume 2: Politics, Social Movements and Extremism\nAuthor(s): Gregor Fitzi, Juergen Mackert, Bryan Turner\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367667436, 978-0367667436\nSynopsis\nThe contributions to this volume Politics, Social Movements and Extremism take serious the fact that populism is a symptom of the crisis of representation that is affecting parliamentary democracy. Right-wing populism skyrocketed to electoral success and is now part of the government in several European countries, but it also shaped the Brexit campaign and the US presidential election. In Southern Europe, left-wing populism transformed the classical two parties systems into ungovernable three fractions parliaments, whereas in Latin America it still presents an instable alternative to liberal democracy. \n\nThe varying consequences of populist mobilisation so far consist in the maceration of the establis.