Populism and National Identities (volume the outcome of SMCS2021)

Populism and National Identities claims that the notion of populism is elusive, necessitating constant redefinition according to varying and evolving interactional contexts for a better grasp of its nature and scope. By modern standards, the notion has acquired additional implications and significations as innovative as enigmatic and flummoxing.
The volume speculates that populism is an ideology that juxtaposes the interests of the “pure” people, considered in its entirety, to those of a political, cultural, media, or business/economic elite—real or perceived—that populists identify as “exploitative”, “corrupt”, and “conspirative”. The volume also illustrates the impacts of this ideology through the study of several cases depicting political parties, social movements, and charismatic populist leaders.
The volume’s contribution coincides with an obvious upsurge of interest in the topic that has recently dominated public debate in America and Europe as well as other regions around the globe.