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- First book to systematically address the relationship of populism and radical democratic theory
- Provides an up-to-date definition of populism based on academic debate and empirical examples
- Brings together the extensive analysis of contemporary democratic theory and the flourishing literature on populism
Part of the book series: Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations (PPCE, volume 18)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Deliberative Democracy and Democratic Participation
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Front Matter
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Contemporary Republicanism
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Front Matter
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Populism and Radical Democratic Theories: How Thin Is the Red Line?
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Whereas populism is often said to intertwine with democracy in some way, the contention of this book is that it significantly departs from democratic theory and practice, and belongs to a distinct conceptual space. It cannot be made to overlap, for instance, with “illiberal democracy”, the “democratic myth”, a crude electoral majoritarianism, nor can it amount to hiding undemocratic policies into properly democratic justifications. These positions, frequent as they are in the literature, are contested on the grounds of the dividing line identified, which starts unfolding at the level of the conception of ‘the people’ – i.e., of the sovereign – presupposed by populists and democrats.
This book is of great interest to scholars involved in the study of democratic theory, contemporary challenges to democracy and the recent upsurge of populist discourse, as it helps better understand populism as a political phenomenon and more adequately defines it as a self-standing concept in political theory.
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Leonardo Fiorespino
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Radical Democracy and Populism
Book Subtitle: A Thin Red Line?
Authors: Leonardo Fiorespino
Series Title: Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84969-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-84968-9Published: 03 March 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-84971-9Published: 04 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-84969-6Published: 02 March 2022
Series ISSN: 2352-8370
Series E-ISSN: 2352-8389
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 320
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Philosophy, Political Sociology