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Author Judis, John B., author.

Title The populist explosion : how the great recession transformed American and European politics / John B. Judis.

Publication Info. [New York] : Columbia Global Reports, [2016]
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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  320.5662 JUDIS    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  320.5662 JUDIS    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  320.5662 JUDIS    Check Shelf
Description 182 pages : map ; 19 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-182).
Contents What is populism, and why is it important? -- The logic of American populism: From the People's Party to George Wallace -- Neoliberalism and its enemies: Perot, Buchanan, the Tea Party, and Occupy Wall Street -- The silent majority and the political revolution: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders -- The rise of European populism -- The limits of leftwing populism: Syriza and Podemos -- Rightwing populism on the march in Northern Europe -- The past and the future of populism.
Summary Is the West witnessing a huge political upheaval? As if overnight, many Democrats revolted and passionately backed a socialist named Bernie Sanders; the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, in a stunning rebuke; the vituperative billionaire Donald Trump became the presidential nominee of the Republican Party; and a slew of rebellious parties continued to win election after election in countries like Switzerland, Norway, Italy, Austria, and Greece. John B. Judis tells us why we need to learn about the populist movement that began in the United States in the 1890s, the politics of which have recurred on both sides of the Atlantic ever since. Populism, on both the right and the left, champions the people against an establishment, based on issues -- globalization, free trade, immigration -- on which there has been a strong elite consensus, but also an even stronger mass discontent that is now breaking out in the open.
Subject Populism -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Populism -- Europe -- History -- 21st century.
World politics -- 21st century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.
Europe -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- American Government -- Executive Branch.
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Populism. (OCoLC)fst01071658
World politics. (OCoLC)fst01181381
Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title How the great recession transformed American and European politics
ISBN 0997126442
9780997126440
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