Liberal Responses to Populism

Populism has taken root almost everywhere in the West. It is crucial to understand how it has come about, where its antagonistic worldview, its nativism, its illiberalism and its anti-pluralism will take us, and how we should seek to fend off this threat to liberal democracy. In particular, what could liberal answers look like?

This book is a collection of essays written by young and senior scholars in various fields from philosophy to economics. Part I explores populism’s nature and cause...