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populist movements  

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  • A distinction must be made between more or less coherent populist movements on the one hand and populism as a generic theoretical concept referring to a variety of demagogic messages and attitudes on the other. In the following, the various phases of populist movements and ideas are discussed in their historical contexts. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Populist Movements]

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