Populist Movements: A New Tale of Organising Emancipation through Movements?

Abstract

Populists across the world call for the rule by the people and portray themselves as redefining notions of emancipation. But does that also mean that populism is related to greater citizen engagement or direct democracy and how so? Does it mean that current populism emanates from and remains rooted in a broader context of social movements? Can we primarily see populist parties as movement parties? Or are there variable ways of mobilization, such as the business firm party model? The panel contains contributions on all types of populist mobilizations, as well as contributions on contra-mobilizations, and their underlying attitudes.