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Left-Wing Populism

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What is Left populism? In this book, Óscar García Agustín analyzes the Left populist movements of the last decade, showing how Left populism provides a distinct language and strategy for the European Left, distinguishing it from both right-wing populism and from the old Left. The book covers political topics such as migration, nationalism, and sovereignty, and analyzes the organizational challenges that a Left populist movement faces. Left-Wing Populism: The Politics of the People offers the first systematic book-length account of Left populism. It should be compulsory reading for anyone interested in the future of the Left.

Lasse Thomassen, Queen Mary University of London and University of Copenhagen

The last few decades were marked by the crisis of neoliberalism and the rise of populist politics but despite the spilled ink few have managed to explain with clarity this conjuncture.

The author manages to do exactly that: not only does he dispel with a lot of misconception about populism but he also offers a fascinating mapping of the trajectory of left populism and an inspiring blueprint for future politics.

Dr Marina Prentoulis, University of East Anglia, UK

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Left-Wing Populism

The Politics of the People

Óscar García Agustín

Aalborg University, Denmark

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India Malaysia – China

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First edition 2020

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About the Author

Óscar García Agustín is Associate Professor at the Department of Culture and Learning at Aalborg University, Denmark. He is head of the DEMOS (Democracy, Migration, and Movements) research group. He works on populism, social movements, and migration. With Christian Ydesen he has coedited the book Post-Crisis Perspectives: The Common and its Powers (Peter Lang, 2013), and with Martin Bak Jørgensen he has coedited Politics of Dissent (2015, Peter Lang) and Solidarity without Borders: Gramscian Perspectives on Migration and Civil Society (Pluto Press, 2016). Together with Marco Briziarelli he has coedited Podemos and the New Political Cycle. Left-Wing Populism and Anti-Establishment Politics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). He is author of Sociology of Discourse: From Institutions to Social Change (John Benjamins, 2015) and coauthor together with Martin Bak Jørgensen of Solidarity and the “Refugee Crisis” in Europe (Palgrave Pivot, 2018).