Many populist movements expand rather than restrict who counts as the people

Evidence

After all, not all populists have been nationalists and not all nationalists have been populists. Comparative history remains the best detox here: what stands out from the American and Russian experience of populism in the late nineteenth century, or from Corbynism, the Yellow Vests, and the Five Star Movement—to name some of today’s populist forces—is certainly not their chauvinist commitment to “the nation.” Instead, they are known for their radically democratic claims, seeking to expand the boundaries of what counts as “the people” in the first place. They have often acted as forces of antinationalism, as in the case of Evo Morales redesigning the Bolivian Constitution to turn his country into a “plurinational” one, or Podemos defending a regionalist model for the Spanish state. — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 52

Categorization

• XREF: Reverses the common conflation challenged throughout this book’s shelf; connects to the self-understanding of American and Russian 19th-century populists. — connects to: Global movements claiming to speak for the people are winning power across democracies — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment: The Left After the…, 41; Broad populist coalitions require a common enemy and ambiguous symbols — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment: The Left After the…, 94; Successful movements broaden from sectoral protest to a unified ‘the people’ appeal. — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment: The Left After the…, 173 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Broad populist coalitions require a common enemy and ambiguous symbols #corroborates (0.75) — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 94