Everyone seems to be talking about populism. But if it is to appeal to ordinary people, why is often framed as a negative thing?
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Populism can be benign and simply mean giving ordinary citizens more of a voice. But the nasty side that can lead to far-right groups gaining momentum could still be reined in. Here's how.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has transformed from a liberal into an authoritarian leader who uses the tools of democracy to attack civil society. Hungarians are protesting in the streets.
Referenda have their place in democracy, but can also be misused.
The Brazilian president used WhatsApp and other social media to smear his opponents and sow division in the electorate.
While nationalism is a dirty word, we often underestimate the power of its ideal in contemporary societies. We live in a world of nations, which provide identity and belonging for many people.
A bomb threat outside a gender research institute in Sweden is just one sign that things are escalating in the long battle for global gender equality.
President Emmanuel Macron has presented himself as a defender of the liberal order against the rising tide of right-wing populism. But he can't lead Europe while mass protests have France in crisis.
The history of Britain's vote to exit from the European Union, known as Brexit, is not a tale of populist resentment toward globalization. It is a top-down story of leaders and elite ideology.
There’s an orderly fashion to so-called disruptive "manifestations", as they’re called in French. But the "gilets jaunes" didn’t follow the rules. So who exactly broke the rules?
The 'centre' has long been chasing the right on immigration politics.
A populist movement that threatened to topple a French government more than 60 years ago has important lessons for today’s protests and why they represent a reckoning.
Who are the 'gilets jaunes', what do they want and how has France's political establishment responded to their populist challenge?
President Donald Trump's deployment of inflammatory rhetoric about immigration is now in action. Here's why Canadians should be alarmed by populism that preys upon people's insecurities.
It's a slippery concept but academics have reached agreement on some of its fundamental elements.
During the November 4 US midterm elections, the candidates had to take into account the growing concern of many voters, across party lines, about climate change.
Donald Trump may have executed a hostile takeover of the Republican party, but the GOP has been laying the groundwork for decades.
How can a hashtag supportive of refugees be hijacked by those opposing them? An empirical study explores the process.
Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing congressman and former army captain, is Brazil's next president, with 56 percent of votes. Critics see a threat to democracy in his scathing attacks on Brazilian society.
Widespread concerns about the levels of immigration in South Africa make the issue appeal to voters across the economic and racial spectrum.
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Research Fellow, Global Governance Programme, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute
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Senior Lecturer & ARC DECRA Fellow, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor in French and Francophone Studies, University of Nottingham
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Professor, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University
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Professor of Comparative Political Science and Democracy Research at the Humboldt University Berlin; Associate of the Sydney Democracy Network, University of Sydney; Director of Research Unit Democracy: Structures, Performance, Challenges, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
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Senior Lecturer in Organisation Studies, Department of People and Organisation, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
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Assistant Professor in Politics and Public Administration, University of Canberra
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Emeritus professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
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Senior Lecturer in Czech Studies, University of Glasgow
