What is populism - lecture by Jan-Werner Mueller

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Populism is used as an umbrella term for different movements. But there is a confusion about what populism actually is.

The lecture proposes a theory of populism which identifies the political category as both anti-elitist and anti-pluralist.

Mueller devides his lecture in 4 parts: 1. The dead ends of populism 2. How to capture populism in a nutshell 3. What populism in power means 4. Unanswered issues about populism