Populists, Outsiders and Anti-Establishment Politics

• Published in: Party politics Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 29 - 48
• Main Author: Barr, Robert R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2009; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Attitudes; Citizens; Concepts; Direct Democracy; Discontent; Meaning; Party systems; Political attitudes; Political culture; Political parties; Political Representation; Political science; Politics; Populism; Public opinion; Ruling class; State-society relations; Trust; public discontent; direct democracy; populism; political outsiders; anti-politics
• ISSN: 1354-0688; 1460-3683
• DOI: 10.1177/1354068808097890

In this article, I attempt to clarify the relationships among three contemporary concepts that are often used interchangeably or conflated in the literature: anti-establishment politics, political outsiders and populism. In order to make sense of these manifestations of public discontent, I argue th...