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Format: 1 online resource (VIII, 258 p.)

ISBN: 9783111575643

Content: Populism has taken root almost everywhere in the West. It is crucial to understand how it has come about, where its antagonistic worldview, its nativism, its illiberalism and its anti-pluralism will take us, and how we should seek to fend off this threat to liberal democracy. In particular, what could liberal answers look like? This book is a collection of essays written by young and senior scholars in various fields from philosophy to economics. Part I explores populism’s nature and causes, shedding light on the lure of sovereignty, the perceived representation gap and the process of radicalization, and human psychology. Part II is dedicated to observations inside the political arena, pitting liberalism and populism in a historical perspective, analyzing the risk of democratic backsliding, and asking how liberals should navigate the political need to make compromises. In Part III, the focus turns to liberal responses such as rules-based public deliberation, a liberal ethics attending to civic virtues, improved representation through the blockchain, and polycentric migration policies. Part IV, finally, houses critical engagements with influential relevant authors such as Foucault, Laclau, Berlin, and Harrington. Liberal Responses to Populism is a rich and thought-provoking read for scholars and students in political economy, political science, and political philosophy.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Introduction -- , Liberal responses to populism -- , Part I: Populism – Its Nature and Causes -- , Disappointing democracy? Individual liberty, popular rule, and the yearning for sovereignty -- , Populists in the spiral of radicalization -- , Populism, technocracy, and liberalism in zoological perspective -- , Part II: Populism – Inside the Political Arena -- , The metamorphosis of liberalism: from an elite project to an ideology critique of democratic policy -- , Is populism a threat to liberal democracy? Democratic resilience, the radical right, and the neo-authoritarian agenda -- , How (not) to compromise: classical liberalism and the challenge of democratic party politics -- , Part III: Populism – Seeking for Liberal Responses -- , Market democracy, rising populism, and contemporary ordoliberalism -- , Civic virtues: a liberal answer to populism -- , Democracy on a blockchain: the cure for populism? -- , Migration policies and populism: a decentralized approach -- , Part IV: Populism – Contending with Influential Authors -- , Michael Sandel on meritocracy and the populist threat to liberalism: a critical assessment -- , The political philosophy of populism in the writings of Isaiah Berlin and Ernesto Laclau: a comparative approach -- , Against populism before the fact: the early modern republicanism of James Harrington and John Adams -- , Appendix -- , Bibliography -- , Contributors , Issued also in print. , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 9783111575681

Additional Edition: ISBN 9783111575056

Language: English

Keywords: Aufsatzsammlung

DOI: 10.1515/9783111575643

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111575643

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