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Facets of Populism and the Threat to Liberal Democracy

Thu 17 May

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at the ICES Auditorium , Colombo

Populism is neither ideology nor doctrine. It instead stems from opportunism and is typically rooted in nativism, ethno-nationalism, and majoritarianism. It promotes liberalism can be a precursor to authoritarianism,

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Facets of Populism and the Threat to Liberal Democracy
Facets of Populism and the Threat to Liberal Democracy

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17 May 2018, 16:30

at the ICES Auditorium , Colombo, 2 Kynsey terrace, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Populism is neither ideology nor doctrine. It instead stems from opportunism and is typically rooted in nativism, ethno-nationalism, and majoritarianism. It promotes liberalism can be a precursor to authoritarianism, and is antithetical to pluralism. The populism phenomenon is now trending globally. Indeed politicians in countries that have long undergirded liberal democracy now manipulate xenophobia and islamophobia to take it mainstream. While populism may expand and intensify, populist movements almost never succeed. The lecture will discuss facets of populism, its insidious impact on democracy, and what it could mean for countries once the populist dust has settled. Neil DeVotta is a Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University. His research interests include South Asian security and politics, ethnicity and nationalism, ethnic conflict resolution, and democratic transition and consolidation. He is the author of Blowback: Linguistic Nationalism, Institutional Decay, and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2004). In addition to coauthoring and editing books on Sri Lanka and India, respectively, his publications have appeared in Nations and Nationalism, Journal of Democracy, Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, Pacific Affairs, Asian Survey, Civil Wars, Journal of International Affairs, and Contemporary South Asia. His current research examines the links between nationalist ideologies and communal violence in South Asia

Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 4:30pmat theICES Auditorium, 2, Kynsey Terrace, Colombo 08

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