Populism and Key Concepts in Social and Political Theory, edited by Carlos de la Torre and Oscar Mazzoleni.
The main scope of this volume is to boost the dialogue between scholarship on populism and social and political theory. It focuses on some key concepts, such as citizenship, class, gender, cleavages, sovereignty, accountability, participation, leadership, and political parties. The volume explores how classical and current theorists developed these concepts, how they were used by scholars of populism, and what populism tells us about their heuristic advantages and limitations. Scholars studying populism from distinct and complementary perspectives, in Europe, the US, and Latin America, have contributed to this book.
Chair
Jason Prevost | De Gruyter Brill
Speakers
Dr. Carlos de la Torre | UF Center for Latin American Studies
Dr. Oscar Mazzoleni | University of Lausanne
Carlos de la Torre is a professor of Political Science at the UF Center for Latin American Studies. He has a Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research. He was a fellow at the Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars.
Oscar Mazzoleni is a professor in political science and political sociology at the University of Lausanne. He has a degree in Sociology and Ph.D. in History. He was Visiting Professor and Fellow at various universities, including Columbia, Cornell, the University of Sorbonne I, and Science-Po Paris.
Discussants
Emilia Palonen | IPSA EC member, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Helsinki
José Javier Olivas Osuna | Associate Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science and Administration, UNED, Spain
