Histoires des populismes
A Brief History of Populism

Summary/Abstract: This introductory article presents a short overview of the evolution of populism since the late-19th century forms to the most recent Western European formulas. Starting from a short conceptual inquiry, the articleprovides a precise analytical picture of the different changes in the form and content of populism across time and space. Previously connected with radical right formulas, the article illustrates how different newpopulist parties have partly embraced a left-wing program such as in thecase of Podemos in Spain or La France insoumise in the French case. Thelast part of the article provides possible scenarios for the future. In particular, despite the recent evolutions in the Austrian, Dutch and Frenchelections, the analysis stresses the fact that the populist mood hasprogressively influenced traditional politics (i.e. the topic of immigration,the search of charismatic figures, the questioning of representative democracy). The article concludes with an open question about the futureof a populist from below.

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