Left populism arose as an attempted replacement for, not an abolition of, social democracy.

Evidence

Hence the resort to a populist strategy from within the left: to rethink mobilization for an age of demobilization; to organize for an age of disorganization. As we shall see, the populist turn was part of a crisis of social democracy itself—an attempt to replace social democracy rather than abolish it. — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 23

Categorization

• DEFINE: A compact framing of what left-populism as a project is — a survival mutation of social democracy rather than a break with it.
• XREF: connects to: The populist left sought to re-democratize democracy, not abolish capitalism — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment: The Left After the…, 122; Left populism helped destroy post-politics yet failed to restore mass politics — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment: The Left After the…, 345; Post-2008 left populism failed from being either too left-wing or too populist — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment: The Left After the…, 31 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• The populist left sought to re-democratize democracy, not abolish capitalism #complicates (0.85) — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 122
• A left-populist’s trajectory depends on the fate of its social democratic rival #expands (0.80) — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 299
• Left populism helped destroy post-politics yet failed to restore mass politics #complicates (0.78) — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 345
• Post-2008 left populism failed from being either too left-wing or too populist #corroborates (0.72) — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 31
• Populist breakthroughs erupt when social democratic alternatives fail and mediation channels clog #expands (0.72) — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 80