In recent decades, income and wealth disparities have widened significantly in many European countries. At the same time, ...

(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 ...

Populism certainly is rhetorically effective and electorally useful. However, the problems come when anger itself becomes the organizing principle of politics, and distrust is no longer a starting ...

Slovenia's parliamentary election pits governing liberals against right-wing populists, with allegations of foreign ...

Today Democrats are even more widely caricatured as the party of the well off and well educated, but if you ask what holds ...

Populism is a perennial feature of forms of rule that include democratic elements. Critics of populism see it as an aberration that unless prevented or punctured will poison a liberal democratic body ...

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 a recent column for Project Syndicate, Dani Rodrik decries authoritarian populism – which “stifles political pluralism and undermines liberal democratic norms” – as a menace to be avoided at all ...

Populism is a political mindset that elevates “the people” over “the elite.” It is anti-big-corporations, anti-government, anti-mainstream-media, anti-internationalism, anti-cultural-change, ...

A former New Labour minister tackles the question of our times with rigour and verve – but blindspots remain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The rise of populist leaders and movements is sometimes the partial result of people's economic insecurities and worries about the ...