Populism in the Civil Sphere

Jeffrey C. Alexander (author), Peter Kivisto (editor), Giuseppe Sciortino (editor)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Even as the specter of populism haunts contemporary societies, scholars have not been able to agree about what it is. Except for one thing: a deviation from democracy, the source, it seems, of the precarious position in which so many societies find themselves today. This volume aims to break the Gordian knot of 'populism' by bringing a new social theory to bear and, in so doing so, suggesting that normative judgments about this misunderstood phenomenon need to be reconsidered as well.

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ISBN:	9781509544745
Publisher:	Polity Press
Imprint:	Polity Press
Pub date:	13 Nov 2020
DEWEY:	320.5662
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	316
Weight:	528g
Height:	152mm
Width:	228mm
Spine width:	30mm