populist

A number of populist leaders have exhibited signs of narcissism, paranoia, sociopathy, or other forms of borderline psychotic behaviour.

Fidesz has 13 seats, but is part of the EPP; and the Czech populist party ANO has six MEPs, but sits in the Renew Europe group.

Technically, populist parties and politicians can be anywhere on the political spectrum.

The reigning orthodoxy is that it's only a matter of time until far-right populist parties begin winning elections in country after country.

The more richly descriptive the formula, the more it will exclude." Nonetheless, Berlin identified a core populist idea: the notion that an authentic "true people" have been "damaged by an elite, whether economic, political, or racial, some kind of secret or open enemy."

In this country we have very powerful populist propagandists such as Nigel Farage who famously said during his referendum campaign that a million Turks were likely to be embarking at Dover to overwhelm the innocent Brits with their dangerous lifestyles and religion.

The second edition of his Populist Seduction in Latin America (Ohio University Press) was published in 2010.

Negotiating the grids of liberal and authoritarian democracy, Pakistan's populist leaders have always been elites.

The hard-right populist parties that have already proliferated in the 28 member countries were hoping to sweep into a dominant position in the EU parliament as well next month, but maybe the story will be more nuanced.

"This anti-pluralism explains why populist leaders tend to take their countries in an authoritarian direction if they have sufficient power, and if countervailing forces such as an independent judiciary or free media are not strong enough to resist them.

In 2019, the risk picture is further complicated by a resurgence of populist politics, which has encouraged potentially divisive policy shifts and may is some cases fuel extreme ideologies, while challenging Europe's rule-based order, said (https://aon.io/riskmaps2019-mr-europe) Aon's 2019 Risk Maps, developed in partnership with Continuum Economics and The Risk Advisory Group.

Populist Politics,Terrorism Are Adding New Risks for European Businesses: Aon

The upcoming European Parliament elections could deliver up to 25 percent of seats to Euroskeptic right-wing populist forces like Italy's League, France's National Rally (formerly the National Front), and the Alternative for Germany (AfD).

While it is not exhaustive nor interested in history before the twentieth century, it is a workable blueprint for how populist movements attain and hold power.

Summary: However justified criticism of finance capitalism may be, are today's populist leftists correct to think that invoking 'the people' will mobilise citize...