Populism may well be inevitable in democracies, but it is also the cause of democratic disenchantment

Wolton, Stephane ORCID: 0000-0003-1405-650X and Prato, Carlo (2018) Populism may well be inevitable in democracies, but it is also the cause of democratic disenchantment. Democratic Audit Blog (06 Mar 2018). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Much has been written about populism and its move to the mainstream. Stephane Wolton and Carlo Prato argue that it has arisen, not so much from democratic dissatisfaction but from voters’ demands for reform, which leads politicians to engage opportunistically in a form of populism by campaigning on reformist agendas regardless of their ability to successfully carry them out.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://www.democraticaudit.com/
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Government
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited:	14 May 2021 15:12
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 10:58
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/109620

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