The contradictions of populism: reasserting adult education for democracy

• Published in: Andragoška spoznanja
• Main Author: Crowther, Jim
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts 2018
• Subjects: populism; interregnum; democracy; Scottish referendum; populizem; demokracija; škotski referendum; Demean; sami
• Online Access: https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/AndragoskaSpoznanja/article/view/7859; https://doi.org/10.4312/as.24.1.19-34

The context for this paper is the rise of populism across the UK, Europe and the US, a trend which is sweeping western liberal capitalist democracies in particular but also beyond in countries such as Turkey. Populism is used primarily as a derogatory label to demean the poor, working class groups a...