populism Archives - Michael Ignatieff https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/tag/populism/ Professor, writer, politician Thu, 13 Oct 2022 17:36:56 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/michaelignatieff.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-Michael-Ignatieff-website-icon-512x512px.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 populism Archives - Michael Ignatieff https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/tag/populism/ 32 32 217957751 Democracy Versus Democracy: The Populist Challenge to Liberal Democracy https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/2022/democracy-versus-democracy-the-populist-challenge-to-liberal-democracy/ Thu, 13 Oct 2022 05:47:20 +0000 https://michaelignatieff.ca/?p=2375 The populist revolt against mainstream politics highlights tensions between majority rule and rule of law that are intrinsic to any version of democracy worth defending. Provided these questions are debated and resolved within the institutions of democracy itself, then the conflict is not a negative phenomenon, but a positive one, a sign of the inherent vitality of democracy.

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]]> 2375 Populism and the Future of Democracy in Europe https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/2021/populism-and-the-future-of-democracy-in-europe/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 09:00:24 +0000 https://michaelignatieff.ca/?p=2331 Populism is one of those words that is dying from promiscuous over-use. [...] I think what it means it is a general descriptor of any course of political action that does not command assent from a centrist elite of experts. Which means that it is not necessarily a bad thing at all. So we must not use it as a swearword, it may be a wakeup call. I am going to use populism to describe anti-elite, anti-institutional challenges, in the name of the people, to center right and center left political dominance of European politics.

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]]> 2331 Democracy Versus Democracy: The Populist Challenge to Liberal Democracy https://michaelignatieff.ca/article/2020/democracy-vs-democracy-the-populist-challenge-to-iberal-democracy/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 09:00:00 +0000 https://michaelignatieff.ca/?p=1784 The current populist challenges in western liberal democracies should not be seen as evidence of their decline, but as a constituent part. The history of democracy shows us that such challenges enable democracy’s growth and evolution.

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