Surging Populism around the Globe: Do we see a reversal?

K M, SIBY (2017): Surging Populism around the Globe: Do we see a reversal?

Abstract

Populism has been a buzzword around the world today. Various recent elections in industrialized parts of the world turned out to be a hot arena of debate on surging populism and demagogues made the best use of their populist agenda to reap rich dividend in electoral mandates. Once they come into power, they retract on their populist rhetoric and act on ways that endanger the underpinnings of the very democracy that begets them. The present article tries to analyse the causes of surging populism around the world and examines a reversal trend in populism in the year 2017.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Populism,neoliberalism,globalisation,absolute and relative inequalities
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F6 - Economic Impacts of Globalization > F60 - General; F - International Economics > F6 - Economic Impacts of Globalization > F62 - Macroeconomic Impacts

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