Populism has become a favorite catchword for mass media and politicians faced with the challenge of protest parties or movements. It has often been equated with radical right leaders or parties. This unique volume underlines that populism is an ambiguous but constitutive component of democratic systems torn between their ideology (government of the people, by the people, for the people) and their actual functioning.
HANS-GOERG BETZ Associate Professor of Political Science, York University, TorontoMARGARET CANOVAN Professor of Political Thought, University of KeeleHERBERT P. KITSCHELT Professor of Political Science, Duke UniversityPETER MAIR Professor of Comparative Politics, Leiden UniversityCAS MUDDE Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of EdinburghWOLFGANG C. MÜLLER Professor of Political Science, University of ViennaYANNIS PAPADOPOULOSPAUL TAGGART Lecturer in Politics and Jean Monnet Lecturer in Contemporary European Studies, University of SussexMARCO TARCHI Associate Professor of Political Science and Political Communication, University of FlorenceALAN WARE Professor of Politics, University of Oxford