LECTURE OF CHRISTTOPHE JEFFRELOT ON POPULISM IN JADHAVPUR UNIVERSITY BY ONLINE MODE

1.POPULISM

A.Resemblence with the people

B.Different from elite

C.Victim of the system and media

D. Plebeian background

E.Chaishmatic

F.Beyond the Party's influence

G.Claim to have solutions of all problems

2.WORKING STYLE-AUTHARITARIANISM

A. Authoritarian style

B. Delegitimisation  the  system

C. Against pluralism

D. No place for dissent

E. I'm the people

F. Deligitimization of institutions

G. Cronies appointmented in institutions

3.TYPES

A 1. LEFT

     2. RIGHT-Naatinalist

B.RIGHTIST- They defend sons of soils/legitimate citizens eg based on Majoritarianism. 

C. This is Ethnic Democracy where democracy pretends to run but for all practical.purposes majority has more rights. Denies some rights to Minoroty.

D.Electoral majoritarianism. Elections are manipulated. To get the legitimacy to claim I'm the people. By

      By Appointment in institutions

      By intimidating media

      By money power

      By propaganda

HOW TO DEFEAT POPULISM

A.By raising socho economic issues

B.By going for secular views

C. By educating and making aware the people.

D. Economic politics in opposition to  Identity politics . 

Notes

1. Ethnic democracy by disallowing less rights to minority groups or by usurping rights of minority

2. Delegitimisation of dissent by declaring anti national, meaning thereby threat to national security.

3.Manufacting consent. There are groups which are not benefitted. They are taught to support populists programms as they get benefitted .