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oapen-20.500.12657-883512024-03-28T14:02:54Z Reviving Classical Liberalism Against Populism Karlson, Nils Classical Liberalism Populism Liberalism Liberal statecraft liberal politics identity politics political theory institutional economics thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government This open access book by Nils Karlson explores the strategies used by left- and right-wing populists to make populism intelligible, recognizable, and contestable. It presents a synthesized explanatory model for how populists promote autocratization through the deliberate polarization of society. It traces the ideational roots of the core populist ideas and shows that these ideas form a collectivistic identity politics. Karlson argues that to fight back requires the revival of liberalism itself by defending and developing the liberal institutions, the liberal spirit, liberal narratives, and liberal statecraft. The book also presents and discusses an extensive list of counterstrategies against populism. Written within the tradition of political theory and institutional economics, this book uses a wide variety of sources, including results and analyses from social psychology, ethics, law, and history. 2024-03-13T11:11:00Z 2024-03-13T11:11:00Z 2024 book ONIX_20240313_9783031490743_41 9783031490743 9783031490736 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/88351 eng Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism application/pdf n/a 978-3-031-49074-3.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-031-49074-3 Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-031-49074-3 10.1007/978-3-031-49074-3 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 8e937e7b-2771-4202-89ed-fe3f1d76e039 9783031490743 9783031490736 Palgrave Macmillan 133 Cham [...] open access
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This open access book by Nils Karlson explores the strategies used by left- and right-wing populists to make populism intelligible, recognizable, and contestable. It presents a synthesized explanatory model for how populists promote autocratization through the deliberate polarization of society. It traces the ideational roots of the core populist ideas and shows that these ideas form a collectivistic identity politics. Karlson argues that to fight back requires the revival of liberalism itself by defending and developing the liberal institutions, the liberal spirit, liberal narratives, and liberal statecraft. The book also presents and discusses an extensive list of counterstrategies against populism. Written within the tradition of political theory and institutional economics, this book uses a wide variety of sources, including results and analyses from social psychology, ethics, law, and history.
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