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Populism's power : radical grassroots democracy in America / Laura Grattan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grattan, Laura, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--United States--History.
- Democracy.
- Social movements.
- History.
- Populism.
- United States.
- Populism--United States--History.
- Political participation--United States--History.
- Political participation.
- Social movements--United States--History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 288 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- "In Populism's Power, Laura Grattan looks at how populism cultivates the aspirations of ordinary people to exercise power over their everyday lives and their collective fate. She considers a range of populist moments and reopens the idea that grassroots movements can play a key role in democratizing power and politics in America"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Aspirational Democratic Populism: Enacting Popular Power at the Horizons of Democracy
- Chapter Two: 'Fanning the Spark of Hope': Populism's Rebellious Commonwealth
- Chapter Three: America's Populist Imaginary: Brought to You by Chevrolet and Leonard Cohen
- Chapter Four: Populist Resonances in the Twenty-first Century: The Tea Party and Occupy
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780190277628
- 0190277629
- 9780190277635
- 0190277637
- OCLC:
- 918594133
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