Temple, Luke (2017) To fend off populism, we must stop believing in the will of the people. Democratic Audit UK (12 Apr 2017). Website.
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Abstract
Populists rely on an idea of the people as a single, united force. Unfortunately, argues Luke Temple, traditional conceptions of democracy itself depend on a very similar notion. Unity and concordance is prized. This makes it difficult to challenge the underlying basis of populists’ arguments. But there is another way of understanding democracy – as a series of challenges and discords – and it is one that gives us an intellectual bedrock on which to build an opposition to populism.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.democraticaudit.com |
| Additional Information: | © 2017 The Author(s) |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jun 2017 13:36 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 15:48 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/80406 |
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