(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Populism is a political ideology that positions “the people” as a morally just, good ...

A new national survey of Democratic voters suggests that, despite months of commentary portraying the party as fractured and politically adrift, its base is remarkably unified around a central demand: ...

In the 2010s it described an insurgent rhetorical style; in the 2020s it is inadequate to account for the wildly diverging fates of the left and right, says Oliver Eagleton, managing editor of Phenome ...

Populism is a political approach that frames society as divided between two opposing camps: “the common people” and a supposedly corrupt or oppressive elite. It thrives on this binary narrative and ...

Last week Mike Pence gave a speech at Saint Anselm College that, depending on your view of the man, was either courageous or desperate — or both. Titled “Populism vs. Conservatism: Republicans’ Time ...

In this extract from Populism Now! David McKnight makes the case for a people power that doesn’t scapegoat immigrants or minorities To many, “populism” is a shorthand term for pandering to people’s ...

Is populism Europe’s new normal? Just days ahead of the Italian elections on March 4, Giorgia Meloni, the leader of Italy’s post-fascist Fratelli d’Italia party, took her campaign to Budapest, where ...

Mamdani’s victory might be a good time to reflect and examine the feeling of hope and its relation to populism.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gábor Scheiring, Georgetown University; Independent Social Research Foundation (THE ...