This book addresses the field of populisms from a contemporary
perspective. The book brings a conceptual, qualitative, culturally
sensitive and transformative approach to containing populist governance.
The authors set out not only examine and compile the most varied
conceptual definitions, but also present a theoretical definition in
which they recognize a myriad of variable properties of populisms which
are strategies commonly used in specific political contexts.
Furthermore, with its own methodology, the book shows the use of a
working method whose analysis was designed to apply the definition of
populism applicable in any national context and answer the following
hypothesis: the political and normative actions undertaken in the
political system could be characterized as a populist movement in its
formal and/or informal aspects, directly or indirectly? In this
perspective, variable properties are attributes that allow to establish
a traceable relationship through a set of specific indicators for its
operationalization and empirical tests.
The book also applies the definition of populisms in the political and
normative actions undertaken by Jair Messias Bolsonaro in Brazil,
presenting an extensive repertoire of mechanisms which understanding
could contribute to contain populism, with the proper adaptations to the
characteristics of each context.
Reading Populisms will certainly contribute to the readers having more
conceptual tools to analyze this global phenomenon that threatens the
building of democratic constitutionalism as well as to understand how
the growth of populism is associated with the weaknesses of liberal
democracy.
