‘We the People’: Demarcating the Demos in Populist Mobilization—The Case of the Italian Lega

This article is a theoretically guided and empirically based analysis of how populist movements invoke the notion of the ‘people’ as a cornerstone of their political mobilization. While the confrontation between the virtuous ‘people’ and the unresponsive elites speaks to how populism challenges esta...

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Main Author: Oliver Schmidtke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Social Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/10/351