Populism

Undergraduate / Graduate

This course will examine the rise of populism throughout advanced democracies. We will discuss different ways of conceptualizing and measuring populism and how it differs from left-right ideology. We will discuss various potential causes of populism including globalism, corruption, inequality, identity politics, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the growing bureaucracy. We will also discuss various populist politicians and political movements, including Brexit, Trump, Vox, and Podemos.