Cas Mudde: “Populism is not only euphemism; it lacks clarity and we have better terms to describe the same”

In this interview, Cas Mudde, one of the most influential political scientists in the United States and an international reference in the study of populism and right-wing extremism, criticizes the concept of populism and emphasizes why his current work is focused on the concept of far-right. Mudde a...

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Autores: Sponholz, Liriam, Özvatan, Özgür
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)
Repositorio:Mídia.e.Cotidiano
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/61371
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.uff.br/midiaecotidiano/article/view/61371
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Populismo
Extremismo de Derecha
Ultraderecha
Normalización
Mainstreaming
Populism
Right-wing Extremism
Far Right
Normalization
Extremismo de Direita
Ultradireita
Normalização
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Sumario:In this interview, Cas Mudde, one of the most influential political scientists in the United States and an international reference in the study of populism and right-wing extremism, criticizes the concept of populism and emphasizes why his current work is focused on the concept of far-right. Mudde also compares the far-right in the Global South and the Global North and explains what he understands by mainstreaming and normalization. Finally, the political scientist warns about the threats to liberal democracy.