Populism: A Very Short Introduction

A timely overview of populism, one of the most contested concepts in political journalism and the social sciences.

Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Diego Portales University's School of Political Science in Chile. He is the co-author of Populism in Europe and the Americas: Threat or Corrective for Democracy?; Cas Mudde is Associate Professor of International Affairs at the University of Georgia. He is the author of Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe and co-author of Populism in Europe and the Americas: Threat or Corrective for Democracy?.

Chapter 1: What populism is
Chapter 2: Populism around the world
Chapter 3: Populism and mobilization
Chapter 4: The populist leader
Chapter 5: Populism and democracy
Chapter 6: Causes and responses
References
Further Reading
Index