Shape of Populism

The Shape of Populism examines socialist Serbia, then part of Yugoslavia, which in the late 1980s witnessed popular mobilization and an emergence of a populist discourse that both constructed and celebrated "e;the people."e; Author Marko Grdesic uses quantitative and qualitative analyses to show how "e;the people"e; emerge in the public sphere. This book examines over 300 protests and analyzes them in conjunction with elite events such as party sessions. It examines over 1,600 letters-to-the-editor and political cartoons to reveal the populist construction of "e;the people."e; Grdesic also relies on interviews with participants in populist rallies in the late 1980s to examine the long-term legacies of populism.