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Book SynopsisThis volume aims to generate a dialogue between scholarship on populism and social and political theory. It focuses on citizenship, class, gender, cleavages, sovereignty, accountability, participation, leadership, and parties. The volume explores how classical and current theorists developed these categories, how they were used by scholars of populism, and what populism tells us about their heuristic advantages and limitations. The authors of this book have studied populism in Europe, the US, and Latin America from distinct perspectives. The chapters thus focus on experiences in both the Global North and South. Contributors are: Cecilia Biancalana, Paula Diehl, Reinhard Heinisch, Klaudia Koxha, Alfio Mastropaolo, Oscar Mazzoleni, Enrique Peruzzotti, Kenneth M. Roberts, Luis Roniger, and Carlos de la Torre. Populism and Key Concepts in Social and Political Theory is now available in paperback for individual customers.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Toward Populism as a Dialogical Perspective Oscar Mazzoleni and Carlos de la Torre Part 1 Society and Citizens 1 Populism and Citizenship: Do Populisms Shape a Sui Generis Type of Citizenship? Luis Roniger 2 Gender Contradictions in the Democratic Imaginary: the Populist Response Paula Diehl 3 Populism and Social Class: Constituting “The People” and Cleaving the Political Field Kenneth M. Roberts Part 2 Structures and Processes 4 Cleavage Theory and Populism: Rediscovering a Forgotten Cleavage? Alfio Mastropaolo 5 Sovereignty and Populism Reinhard Heinisch and Klaudia Koxha 6 Populism and Accountability Enrique Peruzzotti Part 3 Actors 7 Populism and Participation Cecilia Biancalana 8 Populist Leadership Carlos de la Torre 9 Labelling Parties as Populist? A Critical Appraisal and an Alternative Approach Oscar Mazzoleni Index
