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The populist temptation : economic grievance and political reaction in the modern era.
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ISBN: 9780190866280 9780190866297 9780190866303 0190866284 0190866292 Year: 2018 Publisher: New York Oxford University Press

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" In the last few years, populism--of the right, left, and center varieties--has spread like wildfire throughout the world. The impulse reached its apogee in the United States with the election of Trump, but it was a force in Europe ever since the Great Recession sent the European economy into a prolonged tailspin. In the simplest terms, populism is a political ideology that vilifies economic and political elites and instead lionizes 'the people.' The people, populists of all stripes contend, need to retake power from the unaccountable elites who have left them powerless. And typically, populists' distrust of elites shades into a catchall distrust of trained experts because of their perceived distance from and contempt for 'the people.' Another signature element of populist movements is faith in a savior who can not only speak directly to the people, but also serve as a vessel for the plain people's hopes and dreams. Going back to the 1890s, a series of such saviors have come and go ne in the US alone, from William Jennings Bryan to Huey Long to--finally--Donald Trump. In The Populist Temptation, the eminent economic historian Barry Eichengreen focuses on the global resurgence of populism today and places it in a deep context. Alternating between the present and earlier populist waves from modern history, he argues that populists tend to thrive most in the wake of economic downturns, when it is easy to convince the masses of elite malfeasance. Yet while there is more than a grain of truth that bankers, financiers, and 'bought' politicians are responsible for the mess, populists' own solutions tend to be simplistic and economically counterproductive. Moreover, by arguing that the ordinary people are at the mercy of extra-national forces beyond their control--international capital, immigrants, cosmopolitan globalists--populists often degenerate into demagoguery and xenophobia. There is no one solution to addressing the concerns that populists raise, but Eichengreen argues that there is an obvious place to start: shoring up and improving the welfare state so that it is better able to act as a buffer for those who suffer most during economic slumps. For example, America's patchwork welfare state was not well equipped to deal with the economic fallout that attended globalization and the decline of manufacturing in America, and that played no small part in Trump's victory. Lucidly explaining both the appeals and dangers of populism across history, this book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand not just the populist phenomenon, but more generally the lasting political fallout that follows in the wake of major economic crises. "-- "Populism, a political movement with anti-elite, authoritarian and nativist tendencies, typically spearheaded by a charismatic leader, is an old phenomenon but also a very new and disturbing one at that. The Populist Temptation is an effort to understand the wellsprings of populist movements and why the threat they pose to mainstream political parties and pluralistic democracy has been more successfully contained in some cases than others"--


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Het rijk van de schaarste : van Thomas Hobbes tot Michel Foucault.
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ISBN: 9026308485 9789026308482 Year: 1988 Publisher: Baarn Ambo

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Het rijk van de schaarste is een zoektocht door de geschiedenis van de filosofie naar de wortels van de hedendaagse maatschappij. Hans Achterhuis concentreert zich daarbij op het fenomeen van de schaarste, door Thomas Hobbes gezien als 'de natuurlijke toestand van de mens'. Vanuit die invalshoek komen thema's aan de orde als wedijver, rechtvaardigheid en een eerlijke verdeling van natuurlijke hulpbronnen.De rondgang langs denkers uit de geschiedenis van de moderne sociale en politieke filosofie, van Thomas Hobbes tot Michel Foucault, laat zien hoe schaarste zich ontwikkelde tot een kernprobleem van de moderne samenleving. Achterhuis werkt dit uit in beschouwingen over de gezondheidszorg en de globale problematiek van honger en ondervoeding.

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Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- sociale filosofie --- sociologie --- filosofie --- anno 1500-1799 --- anno 1800-1999 --- Political science --- Scarcity --- Science politique --- Rareté (Economie politique) --- History --- Social aspects --- Histoire --- Aspect social --- economische behoeften --- politieke economie --- macht --- sociologie van de gezondheidszorg --- derdewereldproblematiek --- 321.01 --- 330.121 --- 141.7 --- #SBIB:17H20 --- #SBIB:321H30 --- #GGSB: Sociale wet. essays --- #gsdbf --- Z141.7 --- Z++95/11 --- #A9301A --- Economie --- Filosofie (geneeskunde) --- Filosofie (sociale) --- Voedselproblematiek --- 341 --- armoede (kansarmoede) --- dood --- economie --- gezondheidszorg (gezondheidsbeleid, sociale geneeskunde) --- levenskwaliteit (kwaliteit van leven) --- machtspatronen --- rolpatroon --- -Scarcity --- -Deficiency --- Shortages --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- 330.1 --- 33 --- 1 --- 301.17 --- 362.1 --- 327 --- Algemene staatsleer. Politieke filosofie. Staatsleer. Staatstheorie --- Economische schaarste. Zeldzaamheid. Behoeften --- Stelsels met betrekking tot de menselijke gemeenschap --- Sociale wijsbegeerte: algemeen --- Hedendaagse politieke en sociale theorieën (vanaf de 19de eeuw): algemeen (incl. utilitarisme, burgerschap) --- (zie ook: rouw) --- History. --- Social aspects. --- -330.1 --- 330.121 Economische schaarste. Zeldzaamheid. Behoeften --- 321.01 Algemene staatsleer. Politieke filosofie. Staatsleer. Staatstheorie --- 141.7 Stelsels met betrekking tot de menselijke gemeenschap --- -330.121 Economische schaarste. Zeldzaamheid. Behoeften --- Deficiency --- Rareté (Economie politique) --- History of theories --- Foucault, Michel --- Hobbes, Thomas --- Locke, John --- Marx, Karl --- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques --- Sociale wet. essays

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