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Preface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2023

Paul Kenny
Paul Kenny
Affiliation:
Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
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Politics is first and foremost about power. Short of the recourse to violence, politicians can follow one of three strategies in the quest for power: a programmatic, patronage, or populist strategy. This book proposes that this choice is grounded in economic trade-offs. Politicians will follow a populist strategy when it represents a more efficient use of their resources than alternative strategies.

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economic approachmicroeconomicscost–benefit analysispower
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Why Populism?
Political Strategy from Ancient Greece to the Present
 , pp. ix - xii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Preface
  • Paul Kenny, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
  • Book: Why Populism?
  • Online publication: 17 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009275262.001
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  • Preface
  • Paul Kenny, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
  • Book: Why Populism?
  • Online publication: 17 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009275262.001
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  • Preface
  • Paul Kenny, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
  • Book: Why Populism?
  • Online publication: 17 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009275262.001
Available formats
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