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Cannovan: Populism and the two faces of democracy - Coggle Diagram
Cannovan: Populism and the two faces of democracy
Populism understood as an appeal to the people against both established and structural power and the dominant ideas and values
Scholars have not pay much attention to populists but she explains is necessary as poppulist see themselves as pure democrats that represents the truth of the people, voicin issue left behinf by mainstream
she argues that populism andits study will help us to a better understanding od democracy complexities
popuslism is not found only in the mobilizing gropus but in the very heart of democracy
She explains democarcy has two faces: a redemptive and a pragtmatics and that their co existence constant spur to populist mobilization (estimula=
for the author, instead of being a reason of backsliding populism is a shadow cast by democracy itself
for the authour, to clarify what populism is, we must ser aside ideological and policy content and better focus on structural considerations
Populism is the appeal to the people aginst againts both the established structure of power and the dominant ideas and values of society
feature of characteristic behavior, legitimating framwork , political style and mood.
difference for mass mobilization movements: populism not only challenge the power holders but the elite values. Not only directed to political and economic establishments but also at opinion formers in the academy and the media.
Populism is not stattic and its contents depends on the establishment it is mobilizing against
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