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Understanding populism in representative democracy

  • Civil Society and NGO
  • 2024, 22(1), pp.185~227
  • Publisher : The Third Sector Institute
  • Research Area : Social Science > Social Science in general > Other Social Science in general
  • Received : April 9, 2024
  • Accepted : May 26, 2024
  • Published : June 7, 2024

Kwan Hu Lee 1

1건국대학교 상허교양대학

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ABSTRACT

This article aims to understand the populism in context of ‘representation’, ‘democracy’, and ‘politics’. More specifically, it focuses on the impact of passionate interactions between populist leaders and their blind followers on representative democracy. This article firstly in terms of representation, argues against the claim that populism is opposed to representative politics and favours direct rule by the people. Secondly, with regard to democracy, the claim that populism is more democratic because it favours the rule of the many rather than the rule of the few is unreasonable. Although populism is an ideology and phenomenon born out of democracy in that it is anti-elitist, there are no autonomous controls and principles against anti-pluralism. Third, in relation to politics, this article argues against the view that populism can open up new political horizons by reforming the representation government. This is because populism does not see conflict and competition and compromise between them as the essence of politics.

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