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Title: The End of Populism Condition: New EAN: 9781526154125 ISBN: 9781526154125 Publisher: Manchester University Press Format: Hardback Release Date: 03/09/2021 Item Height: 234mm Item Length: 156mm Author: Marcel H. Van Herpen Language: English Subtitle: Twenty Proposals to Defend Liberal Democracy ISBN-10: 1526154129 Description: The populist wave which has submerged Europe and the United States in recent years seems unstoppable. But is it? The end of populism offers answers and proposes concrete solutions to confront the rise of “illiberal democracy.”
Drawing on extensive original sources, this book refutes the populist claim that democracy is a “demand side” phenomenon, and demonstrates that it is rather a “supply side” phenomenon. Marcel H. Van Herpen argues that one can have "too much democracy” and shows how methods of direct democracy, such as popular initiatives, referendums, and open primaries, which pretend “to give the power back to the people,” have led to manipulation by populists and moneyed interests. Populist attacks on the judiciary, central banks, the media, and other independent agencies, instead of strengthening democracy, have rather undermined liberal democracy. The author formulates twenty original and bold proposals to bridge the gap between the people and the elites, fight corruption, improve political party funding, and initiate societal, educational, and macro-economic reforms to increase economic equality and alleviate the insecurity of the citizens.
Elegantly written and clearly argued, this is an essential book for understanding the populist phenomenon. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Genre: Law & Politics Item Width: 17mm Release Year: 2021
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