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"Rethinking Populism" by Hans-Georg Betz (2026)

In his new book, Rethinking Populism, prominent scholar of populism studies Hans-Georg Betz takes a retrospective look at the concept. Betz traces early manifestations from Boulangism in France and the People’s Party in the US to Juan Perón in Argentina to examine how classical populism differs from, and resembles, its modern counterparts. In the current manifestations Betz focuses on the populist strategies of “culture wars" and “the war against gender” populists aim to mobilize. Rethinking Populism provides an exceptional historical grounding not only for scholars of the subject, but for anyone seeking to understand the phenomenon of “populism”.

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