Ewen Speed and Russell Mannion correctly identify several contours of the challenges for health policy in what it is useful to think of as a post-democratic era. I argue that the problem for public health is not populism per se, but rather the distinctive populism of the right coupled with the failure of the left to develop compelling counternarratives. Further, defences of ‘science’ must be te...

This article assesses the assumption that populist parties form an efficacious exhaust valve for voters, the channelling discontent thesis, as it is termed here. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Dutch PVV voters and (deliberate) nonvoters, I assess this thesis in a comparison between them. This analysis shows that non-voters do not lack political fulfilment on two of the three dimensions of ...

recent years have witnessed the rise of populism and populist leaders, movements and policies in many pluralist liberal democracies, with brexit and the election of trump the two most recent high profile examples of this backlash against established political elites and the institutions that support them. this new populism is underpinned by a post-truth politics which is using social media as a...

We synthesize the literature on recent rise of populism. First, we discuss definitions and present descriptive evidence increase in support for populists. Second, cover historical evolution populist regimes since late nineteenth century. Third, role secular economic factors related to cross-border trade automation. Fourth, review studies 2008–09 global financial crisis subsequent austerity, con...

ABSTRACT – The main objective of this paper is to understand populism and its relationship with social media, in particular, analyze the official Twitter account former presidential candidate Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro. This starts a theoretical review definition presented by classic authors such as Boyte Riessman (1986) Bell (1992), more contemporary Mudde (2004), Panizza (2005), Müller (2016). ar...