Resurgence, Populism, and Politics ‘From Below’

Populist politics are an increasingly prominent feature of contemporary politics around the world. In settler colonies, Indigenous resurgence is also an increasingly important feature of political contestation. Both discourses involve questions of peoplehood, pluralism, and collective agency. The go...

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Autor principal:	Keith Cherry
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	populism resurgence politics from below Wet’suwet’en Social Sciences H
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:545e9087785442caa0431e32f50286772021-11-25T18:59:44ZResurgence, Populism, and Politics ‘From Below’10.3390/socsci101104222076-0760https://doaj.org/article/545e9087785442caa0431e32f50286772021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/11/422https://doaj.org/toc/2076-0760Populist politics are an increasingly prominent feature of contemporary politics around the world. In settler colonies, Indigenous resurgence is also an increasingly important feature of political contestation. Both discourses involve questions of peoplehood, pluralism, and collective agency. The goal of this paper is to explore these phenomena side by side, and ask what they reveal about the present political conjuncture. I argue that both political projects involve a constructive element, as actors build spaces of political contestation beyond the state. In this way, each movement involves an often overlooked contest between politics ‘from above’ and ‘from below’. Ultimately, I conclude that the above/below distinction reveals important cleavages that are obscured by the traditional left/right distinction that structures much political analysis.Keith CherryMDPI AGarticlepopulismresurgencepolitics from belowWet’suwet’enSocial SciencesHENSocial Sciences, Vol 10, Iss 422, p 422 (2021)
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description	Populist politics are an increasingly prominent feature of contemporary politics around the world. In settler colonies, Indigenous resurgence is also an increasingly important feature of political contestation. Both discourses involve questions of peoplehood, pluralism, and collective agency. The goal of this paper is to explore these phenomena side by side, and ask what they reveal about the present political conjuncture. I argue that both political projects involve a constructive element, as actors build spaces of political contestation beyond the state. In this way, each movement involves an often overlooked contest between politics ‘from above’ and ‘from below’. Ultimately, I conclude that the above/below distinction reveals important cleavages that are obscured by the traditional left/right distinction that structures much political analysis.
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Resurgence, Populism, and Politics ‘From Below’

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