Contemporary populism a controversial concept and its diverse forms

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The fundamental question uniting the contributions to this volume is: what exactly is populism? This is certainly not a new question, as a large amount of literature has focused on this topic for more than half a century. As little conceptual consensus has been reached so far, this book aims to reduce the level of abstraction. CONTENTS Contributors ............................................................................................... vii Acknowledgments ...................................................................................... xi Introduction: Populism - A Sophisticated Concept and Diverse Political Realities ....................................................................................................... 1 Sergiu Gherghina and Sorina Soare Part I: The Roots of Populism From Populism to Neo-Populism? Empirical Guidelines for a Conceptual Delineation ..................................................................... 16 Sergiu Mişcoiu The “Common Idiot” of Populism ............................................................. 31 Chantal Delsol The Ideological Components of Populism ................................................. 53 Daniel Şandru Foundational Populism .............................................................................. 84 Guy Hermet Populism and Political Science: How to Get Rid of the “Cinderella Complex” ................................................................................................. 114 Marco Tarchi Part II: Populism in the World A Latin-American Polemic: Populism ..................................................... 140 Yann Basset and Stephen Launay Populism and Democracy in Africa ......................................................... 167 Alexander B. Makulilo The Facets and Offshoots of Populism in Sub-Saharan Africa ............... 203 Emmanuel M. Banywesize Rednecks and Watermelons: The Rise and Fall of Populist Parties in Modern Australian Politics .................................................................. 234 Dylan Kissane In the Name of the People! Contemporary Populism(s) in Scandinavia .... 258 Anders Ravik Jupskås Italy: Varieties of Populist Leadership .................................................... 294 Flavio Chiapponi Neo-Populism in the Post-Communist Zodiac ........................................ 316 Michael Shafir Old and New Populism in Russian Politics ............................................. 356 Mara Morini