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The 59 pages that link to Populism, each with the reason it gives.

• Donald TrumpNarrower topic: Trump framed his campaigns as a struggle between his supporters and entrenched political institutions.

• DeindustrializationRelated: Industrial decline and perceived loss of status have shaped support for some populist movements.

• Charismatic authorityRelated: Some populist leaders claim a direct, exceptional bond with the people beyond established institutions.

• TechnocracyCompared with: Populist movements often challenge technocrats as an insulated governing elite.

• EuroscepticismRelated: Some Eurosceptic movements cast EU institutions as distant elites opposing popular sovereignty.

• Frank CapraNarrower topic: Capra’s heroes often turn public trust into resistance against powerful institutions.

• Democratic accountabilityCompared with: Claims to speak for the people can bypass institutions that make officials answerable.

• Democratic LegitimacyCompared with: Populist claims to embody the people can challenge pluralist and institutional accounts of legitimacy.

• Far-right politicsRelated: Far-right movements often combine exclusionary nationalism with appeals to the people against elites.

• BonapartismRelated: Both traditions invoke a unified people, though Bonapartism specifically centers strong executive leadership.

• Celebrity politicsRelated: Celebrity candidates may use populist language, though fame alone does not make a campaign populist.

• Participatory democracyCompared with: Both invoke popular power, but populism need not build inclusive, sustained participation in institutions.

• Democratic deficitCompared with: Populist claims often present a democratic deficit as elite rule detached from popular will.

• KemalismRelated: In Kemalist doctrine, it rejected inherited class privileges and framed the nation as a unified people.

• Right-wing populismNarrower topic: This broader concept supplies the people-versus-elite framework used by right-wing populists.

• Tyranny of the majorityRelated: Populist claims to speak for the whole people can marginalize dissenters as illegitimate.

• Volodymyr ZelenskyyRelated: Zelenskyy’s outsider campaign drew on anti-establishment appeals often analyzed as populist.

• Marine Le PenNarrower topic: The people-versus-elite framing is central to her party’s political communication.

• Political rhetoricRelated: Its recurring appeal to ‘the people’ shows how political language can construct collective identity.

• CaudillismoCompared with: Some caudillos invoked popular support, but personal military authority defines caudillismo more directly.

• Jorge Eliécer GaitánNarrower topic: Gaitán’s direct appeal to the Colombian pueblo is often analyzed through this framework.

• Political extremismCompared with: Populist rhetoric can be democratic or anti-democratic, so it is not synonymous with extremism.

• AgrarianismRelated: Late nineteenth-century American agrarian movements used populist politics to challenge creditors and railroads.

• Eva PerónNarrower topic: Her direct appeals to workers and the poor are often discussed through this broader political concept.

• Mass lineCompared with: The mass line invokes popular knowledge without treating the party as merely an opponent of elites.

• Rodrigo DuterteNarrower topic: His direct rhetoric and law-and-order appeal are often analyzed through this political framework.

• Jair BolsonaroNarrower topic: Bolsonaro framed himself as the people’s voice against political establishments, media, and other institutions.

• Richard HofstadterNarrower topic: Hofstadter’s account of agrarian populism became a major interpretation of the movement’s politics.

• Thaksin ShinawatraNarrower topic: Thaksin’s direct, voter-facing policies are often analyzed as populist governance.

• Political theoryRelated: It raises disputes about popular sovereignty, pluralism, and who may speak for the people.

• Russian revolutionary movementRelated: Russian populists made the peasantry central to their visions of social transformation.

• Yulia TymoshenkoRelated: Commentators have used the term to describe her direct appeals and economic promises.

• Open societyRelated: Populist claims of a single true popular will can challenge pluralism and institutional limits.

• Post-MarxismBroader topic: For Laclau, populism illustrates how diverse demands can form a common political subject.

• David RockefellerCompared with: Rockefeller's prominence among wealthy business leaders made him a frequent target of anti-elite criticism.

• Fourth Brazilian RepublicRelated: The label is often applied to leaders whose mass appeals shaped the republic’s electoral politics.

• Huey LongNarrower topic: Long combined appeals to ordinary citizens with personal command of state institutions.

• José María Velasco IbarraNarrower topic: His campaigns built a mass following through appeals that bypassed established party structures.

• Nigel FarageNarrower topic: Farage’s anti-establishment appeals exemplify a prominent British form of populist politics.

• Steve BannonRelated: Bannon’s rhetoric cast political opponents as an establishment opposed to ordinary Americans.

• UltranationalismRelated: Populism can combine with ultranationalism, though it does not require national superiority or exclusion.

• Anti-intellectualismRelated: Populist appeals can cast experts as an elite opposed to ordinary people.

• GlobalismCompared with: Populist movements often portray globalist institutions as distant and unaccountable.

• Rafael CorreaNarrower topic: Analysts use the concept to interpret Correa’s direct appeals to popular sovereignty and attacks on established elites.

• Right-wing politicsRelated: Right-wing populism raises questions about how popular sovereignty relates to pluralism and minority rights.

• C. Vann WoodwardRelated: His study of Southern Populism connected class conflict to the region’s racial politics.

• Centre-left politicsRelated: Populist movements compete for voters who once formed parts of centre-left coalitions.

• Daniel ShaysRelated: Later accounts sometimes cast Shays as a popular champion, though the uprising’s aims were specific to its time.

• Left-wing nationalismRelated: Some left-wing nationalists use people-versus-elite appeals, but populism does not itself require nationalism or socialism.

• Left-wing populismNarrower topic: Left-wing populism is one form of this people-versus-elite political approach.