Benjamin Moffitt - Populism

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2 Title page Populism Benjamin Moffitt polity

3 Copyright page Copyright page Copyright © Benjamin Moffitt 2020 The right of Benjamin Moffitt to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published in 2020 by Polity Press Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 101 Station Landing Suite 300 Medford, MA 02155, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3432-6 ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3433-3 (pb) A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Moffitt, Benjamin, 1985- author. | Polity Press. Title: Populism / Benjamin Moffitt. Other titles: Key concepts in political theory. Description: Medford, Massachusetts : Polity Press, 2020. | Series: Key concepts in political theory | Includes bibliographical references. Identifiers: LCCN 2019027653 (print) | ISBN 9781509534326 (Hardback) | ISBN 9781509534333 (Paperback) Subjects: LCSH: Populism. Classification: LCC JC423 .M6435 2020 (print) | LCC JC423 (ebook) | DDC 320.56/62--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019027653 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019027654 Typeset in 10.5 on 12pt Sabon by Fakenham Prepress Solutions, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 8NL Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International Limited The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com

4 Dedication Dedication For Ash and Will

5 Acknowledgements

6 1Why Populism Matters

7 2What Is Populism? The Ideational Approach The Strategic Approach The Discursive–Performative Approach Comparing the Three Approaches to Populism Notes

8 3Populism, Nationalism and Nativism The Similarities and Differences between Populism and Nationalism How Do the Populist Right and Left Use Nationalism Differently? The Populist Right and Nationalism The Populist Left and Nationalism What Does a Non-National Populism Look Like? Municipal and Provincial Populism Regionalist Populism International Populism Transnational Populism Conclusion Notes

9 4Populism and Socialism What Socialism Shares with Populism Left-Wing Populism in Practice Beyond Socialism? Class versus ‘the People’ in Left Populism Conclusion Notes

10 5Populism and Liberalism Populism versus Liberalism? The Populist Right and the Weaponising of Liberalism The Populist Left, Liberalism and Pluralism Conclusion Notes

11 6Populism and Democracy Liberal Democracy and Populism Radical Democracy and Populism Populism’s Potentiality Conclusion Notes

12 References

13 Index

14 End User License Agreement

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Benjamin Moffitt

polity

Copyright © Benjamin Moffitt 2020

The right of Benjamin Moffitt to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

First published in 2020 by Polity Press

Polity Press

65 Bridge Street

Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK

Polity Press

101 Station Landing

Suite 300

Medford, MA 02155, USA

All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.

ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3432-6

ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3433-3 (pb)

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Moffitt, Benjamin, 1985- author. | Polity Press.

Title: Populism / Benjamin Moffitt.

Other titles: Key concepts in political theory.

Description: Medford, Massachusetts : Polity Press, 2020. | Series: Key concepts in political theory | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019027653 (print) | ISBN 9781509534326 (Hardback) | ISBN 9781509534333 (Paperback)

Subjects: LCSH: Populism.

Classification: LCC JC423 .M6435 2020 (print) | LCC JC423 (ebook) | DDC 320.56/62--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019027653

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019027654

Typeset in 10.5 on 12pt Sabon

by Fakenham Prepress Solutions, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 8NL

Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International Limited

The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate.