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Populism became one of the central political concepts in the last decade in parallel with the increasing power of populist parties and leaders in politics from Latin America to the US and Europe. Despite its global significance and growing literature on populism, its meaning and relation to democracy are contested issues. This course studies populism from a conceptual and theoretical perspectives. Taking its history into account, the seminar focuses on the main debates and approaches on populism and introduces the key concepts of democratic theory such as the people, popular sovereignty, representation, constituent and constituted power etc. This course provides a survey of theoretical discussions on populism and its relation to democracy that help students to engage current discussions on democratic politics and the crisis of democracy in an informed way. Readings include among others: Taggart, Mudde, Kaltwasser, Laclau, Arato, Urbinati and Mouffe.
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