par Escalona, Fabien 
Référence Left Radicalism and Populism in Europe, Taylor and Francis, page (51-66)
Publication Publié, 2019-01
Référence Left Radicalism and Populism in Europe, Taylor and Francis, page (51-66)
Publication Publié, 2019-01
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| Résumé : | This chapter looks at the question of whether or not social democrats employed a populist strategy during the 1930s. It starts from the premise that populism, or at least the likelihood that it will be expressed, is directly related to a defect or an alteration in the mechanism of popular representation, in the sense that significant and/or growing parts of the population feel excluded from the traditional political scene. At the time, social democracy was in the midst of a transition from its status as a protest movement representing the interests of the subordinate classes, and more precisely, those of salaried workers, to its new role as a party of government charged with administering capitalist states that were rivals on the international scene. The chapter presents other social-democratic configurations and formulates a few avenues for interpreting and understanding the similarities and differences observed. |
