This lecture will provide an overview of critical approaches to populism studies. In particular, it will focus on concepts such as anti-populism and populist hype and how the uses and misuses of the concept of populism can impact on the democratic process. To illustrate this impact, the lecture will focus primarily on the far right and the role populist hype has played in its mainstreaming.
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