The Origins of Populism.

Authors
  • ALGAN Yann
  • COHEN Daniel
  • FOUCAULT Martial
  • BEASLEY Elizabeth
Publication date
2019
Publication type
book
Summary Populism is the product of two earthquakes. First earthquake: the rise of an immense resentment against political parties and institutions. Faced with the failure of the right and the left to contain the excesses of capitalism, the "anti-system" radicalism has shattered the compromises that both camps had managed to build. Second earthquake: the end of class society, in favor of a society of individuals thinking their social position in subjective terms. A new polarity results, separating the "trusting" from the "distrustful" towards others. The populist right emerges at the crossroads of a double distrust - of political institutions and of society. It thrives on democratic disenchantment, while renewing the left-right divide. Based on unpublished data, this book is essential for understanding the present and future of democratic societies. Yann Algan is Dean of the School of Public Affairs and Professor of Economics at Sciences Po. Elizabeth Beasley is an economist and researcher at the CEPREMAP Welfare Observatory, and former director of J-PAL France. Daniel Cohen is Director of the Economics Department at the École normale supérieure and Professor at the Paris School of Economics. Martial Foucault is Director of the CEVIPOF (CNRS) and a university professor of political science at Sciences Po.
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