Still the Age of Populism: Re-Examining Theories and Concepts

Still the Age of Populism investigates current conceptions of populism and its relevance across the globe. Using contextualized case studies, cross-national comparisons, and theoretical interventions, this volume addresses key conceptual debates in comparative politics and political sociology.

Michael Bernhard holds the Raymond and Miriam Ehrlich Chair in Political Science at the University of Florida, USA. His work centers on questions of democratization and development including the role of civil society in democratization, institutional choice in new democracies, the political economy of democratic survival, and the legacy of extreme forms of dictatorship. He has long been associated with the Varieties of Democracy project in a number of different capacities and served as the editor of Perspectives on Politics from 2017 to 2023.

Amie Kreppel is the Jean Monnet Chair, Director of the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence Studies and Professor of Political Science and European Studies at the University of Florida, USA. She has served as President of the European Union Studies Association and has been both a Braudel Fellow at the European University Institute and a Fulbright-Schuman Chair at the College of Europe. Her research focuses on the political institutions and decision-making in the European Union and Italy.

Carlos de la Torre is professor of sociology and director of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida, USA. His research focuses on populism, democratization, and authoritarianism; racism and citizenship in the Americas, particularly Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia. He is the editor of Routledge Handbook of Global Populism (Routledge, 2018) and co-editor of Global Populisms (Routledge, 2021) and Populism and Key Concepts in Social and Political Theory (2023).