TY - BOOK AU - M�uller,Jan-Werner TI - What is populism? SN - 9780141987378 AV - JC423 .M78395 2017 U1 - 320.5/662 23 PY - 2017///] CY - [London] PB - Penguin Books KW - Populism KW - Democracy KW - Philosophy KW - Political science N1 - "Published with a new afterword"--Title page verso; Originally published: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016; Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-130) and index; Introduction; Is everyone a populist? --; 1; What populists say --; 2; What populists do, or : populism in power --; 3; How to deal with populists --; Conclusion; Seven theses on populism --; Afterword; How not to think about populism --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index N2 - Donald Trump, Silvio Berlusconi, Marine Le Pen, Hugo Ch�avez - populists are on the rise across the globe. But what exactly is populism? Should everyone who criticises Wall Street or Washington be called a populist? What precisely is the difference between right-wing and left-wing populism? Does populism bring government closer to the people or is it a threat to democracy? Who are 'the people' anyway and who can speak in their name? These questions have never been more pressing. In this provocative book, Jan-Werner M�uller argues that at populism's core is a rejection of pluralism ER -