Pour une nouvelle approche du populisme au sein des démocraties représentatives contemporaines

The academic debates around the rise of so-called populist movements rarely refer to the origins of the tensions structuring representative democracies today. The “democratic deficit” or the “democratic crisis” are expressions that imply the unstructured nature of this moment. We argue here that it...

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Main Author: Pierre-Yves Cadalen
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Language:fra
Published: École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/asterion/6099
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description The academic debates around the rise of so-called populist movements rarely refer to the origins of the tensions structuring representative democracies today. The “democratic deficit” or the “democratic crisis” are expressions that imply the unstructured nature of this moment. We argue here that it points out a structural shift, resulting from the progressive disarticulation between the representative principle and the democratic principle. As both principles defined representative democracy since the 19th century, their disarticulation raises interrogations and produces reactions within the political field: the return of the nation, the possible Constituent Assemblies, as well as the defence of a representative regime deprived of its democratic features are the many political possibilities born out of this disarticulation. The present article develops this thesis and aims at contributing to the theoretical discussions around the current situation of representative democracies, as well as around the so-called populist moment.
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spelling doaj-art-63a547ae78cb4635ab16e7d303bc337d2025-08-20T02:33:05ZfraÉcole Normale Supérieure de LyonAstérion1762-61102410.4000/asterion.6099Pour une nouvelle approche du populisme au sein des démocraties représentatives contemporainesPierre-Yves CadalenThe academic debates around the rise of so-called populist movements rarely refer to the origins of the tensions structuring representative democracies today. The “democratic deficit” or the “democratic crisis” are expressions that imply the unstructured nature of this moment. We argue here that it points out a structural shift, resulting from the progressive disarticulation between the representative principle and the democratic principle. As both principles defined representative democracy since the 19th century, their disarticulation raises interrogations and produces reactions within the political field: the return of the nation, the possible Constituent Assemblies, as well as the defence of a representative regime deprived of its democratic features are the many political possibilities born out of this disarticulation. The present article develops this thesis and aims at contributing to the theoretical discussions around the current situation of representative democracies, as well as around the so-called populist moment.https://journals.openedition.org/asterion/6099democracypopulismrepresentative regimepolitical theorypeople
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Pour une nouvelle approche du populisme au sein des démocraties représentatives contemporaines
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democracy
populism
representative regime
political theory
people
title Pour une nouvelle approche du populisme au sein des démocraties représentatives contemporaines
title_full Pour une nouvelle approche du populisme au sein des démocraties représentatives contemporaines
title_fullStr Pour une nouvelle approche du populisme au sein des démocraties représentatives contemporaines
title_full_unstemmed Pour une nouvelle approche du populisme au sein des démocraties représentatives contemporaines
title_short Pour une nouvelle approche du populisme au sein des démocraties représentatives contemporaines
title_sort pour une nouvelle approche du populisme au sein des democraties representatives contemporaines
topic democracy
populism
representative regime
political theory
people
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