"We are going on a populist hunt."

 

Is populism anti-democratic, a force for ill in the world? Or is it potentially legitimate politics, often misrepresented by vested interests?

 

As Viktor Orbán visits the UK, Michael guides us through the thickets to greater understanding.

 

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The Populist Zeitgeist (2004) - Cas Mudde 

 

Gramsci and hegemony 

 

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Going to the People. The Russian Narodniki in 1874-5 (1927) - Anne Pedler 

 

'Lazy use' of term populist has helped to legitimize far-right politics - University of Bath 

 

'How populist are you?' - Guardian quiz 

 

Hegemony and socialist strategy - Laclau & Mouffe 

 

The Populist Harm to Democracy: An Empirical Assessment - The Tony Blair Institute For Global Change 

 

Left Populism Is Down But Not Out  

 

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