Populism

A Change in Economy A Political Scientist, Cas Mudde wrote, "Many observers have noted that populism is inherent to representative democracy; after all, do populists not juxtapose the pure people against the corrupt elite?" In the late 1800s, at the time of the Gilded Age – an era of economic growth and development -- monopolies dominated the economy, and the wealthy controlled the working class. Subsequently, due to the advanced technology and brilliant inventions that overtook manpower, and…

In the popular children’s book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written by L. Frank Baum, populism can be seen more often than not. Baum cleverly displays this through all of his characters. Each is symbolic to his everyday life, as well as to other common people’s lives that have had similar experiences, or can relate in any way to the author. For instance, Dorothy represents an adolescent’s innocence, Toto represents virtuousness, the Scarecrow represents the hard working farmers, the Tinman…

As the pilgrims arrived I began to plan a seating arrangement so all will be fine and dandy the night of the dinner with no absurd interruptions. I first placed the Summoner in the far left-hand side corner for I know he is an irrational drunk who at any time may be obligated to leave to the distant restroom for his bladder will be full. He is also hard to look at as well with his overly blemished face. That’s why I intended to have his right side free of any fellow pilgrims. Although there are…

The song title, Trap Queen performed by Fetty Wap addresses the issue of woman’s worth when analyzed using a cultural lens . Fetty Wap his real name is Willie Maxwell he is recording artist from Paterson New Jersey he hit number 2 on US Billboard, Hot 100 with “ Trap Queen “ but everyone is looking at the song as good when really it’s giving woman a bad look like it’s okay to have a strong woman on your side to rely on but no woman should have that on her background she should be treated like…

The book Nazi Literature in the Americas, written by Robert Bolaño, is a collage of biographies written about fake American authors with far right-wing views. For the most part these biographies are independent of one another with very little connection between them. Bolaño uses these independent stories to show different aspects and qualities of these right-wing actions and beliefs. In this essay we will explore how Bolaño uses these authors to both reveal what he considers to be the nature of…

society between growing secularization and the necessity of maintaining a nationalist centred government was sufficient for the integration of causal factor in modern authoritarian trends. In Germani’s book Authoritarianism, Fascism, and National Populism, his main argument is that authoritarianism should be seen as a primarily middle-class reactionary movement. However through the authoritarian regimes of Pilsudski’s Poland and Dollfuss Austria, it will be demonstrated that authoritarian…

through which populist movements are defined and analyzed, no matter which definition of populism is used, it seems to produce a mixed bag of rights violations and securing of rights for underprivileged classes. The primary definition of populist movements is that it is a force for change to take power back from elites in society and return it to the common folk. While this perspective seems to reveal that populism can be a force for democratic change, there are several problems that arise…

theoretical text utilised in this historical analysis is Jan-Werner Müller’s What is Populism? Written during the 2016 Presidential election, its contemporary nature is appropriate to the content of this study. The focus of Müller’s text is defining what populism is, whilst providing historical examples that adhere to the definitions outlined. The primary use of the text in this study is defining precisely what populism is, for the purpose of applying that definition to three figures in United…

and Russia, being cause by the government not caring for the common people. Prior to WWII, populist leaders became very popular with their citizens because they encouraged their nation’s general populace during a time of insecurity; as a result, populism allowed nations to rebuild their war-torn economies and eventually, created the environment for another world war. At the end of the 19th century common people were revolting against the Democratic and Republican parties for not acknowledging…

1. Walt Disney was one of the most influential Americans of the twentieth century. In the 1940s he developed the concept Sentimental Populism. Sentimental Populism was created to glorify American people, emphasize with the “little guy,” and cause average folks to have the last laugh. Disney’s role in America culture was to develop movies that made people laugh but a message about the daily struggles others were going though. He used Pinocchio, Bambi, Dumbo and many more to demonstrate this. The…