Populism and the mirror of democracy

Populism raises awkward questions about modern forms of democracy.

It often represents the ugly face of the people. It is neither the highest form of democracy nor its enemy.

It is, rather, a mirror in which democracy may contemplate itself, warts and all, in a discovery of itself and what it lacks.

This definitive collection combines theoretical essays on populism with a number of specially commissioned case studies on populist politics.