An Exploration of the Populist Tradition in America
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Authors
Meyers, Amy
Issue Date
1988
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Thesis
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en_US
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This paper will explore the nature of populism. I have chosen
to study populism because of the interesting
implications and applications it has at this particular
point in U.S. history. The most important of these
implications, in my eyes, is for the political Left in
this country, and particularly for the Democratic Party.
For a variety of reasons, some of which will be examined
in this paper, the Democratic Party has reached, in the
1970s and 1980s, a period of dissensus, confusion, and
stagnation. Despite their historic attempts at societal
reform and their continuing rhetorical representation of
the common citizen, the Democrats must confront the fact
that they have succeeded in alienating a good deal of
their traditional base.
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