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  • 9 - In Defense of Democratic Populism

  • Edited by Gerald L. Neuman, Harvard Law School, Massachusetts
  • Book:
    Human Rights in a Time of Populism
    Published online:
    22 April 2020
    Print publication:
    09 April 2020, pp 192-217

  • Summary

    This chapter questions the proposition that populism is antithetical to human rights. In a constitutional democracy with checks and balances, populism is a form of popular mobilization on moral grounds, and provides an arena for doing something to counter status quo bias. There may indeed be dangers from authoritarian populists, perhaps better described as authoritarians masquerading as populists. But it is necessary to distinguish between liberal and illiberal populists, or inclusive and exclusive populism. Populism offers lessons that the human rights community should learn, including the importance of social movements, the need for clear narrative that encompasses both majorities and minorities, and the use of emotion as the language of values.