Riding the Rage to Power – What Lies Behind the Populist Surge
Nathan Gardels is Co-founder of the Berggruen Institute and Editor-in-Chief of The WorldPost, a partnership with the Washington Post. Nicolas Berggruen is Founder and Chairman of the Berggruen Institute and Chairman of Berggruen Holdings. This essay draws from parts of their 2019 book Renovating Democracy: Governing in the Age of Globalization and Digital Capitalism. You may follow their work on Twitter @berggruenInst.
Should We Be Scared?
Rick Shenkman is Founding Editor of the History News Network at George Washington University. His newest book is Political Animals: How our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics (2016). You may follow him on Twitter @rickshenkman.
Democracy’s Final Act? Freely Choosing Right Wing Populism
Shawn W. Rosenberg is Professor of Political Science and Psychological Science at the University of California, Irvine. An earlier version of this essay was delivered as a lecture in Lisbon to the annual meeting of the International Society in Political Psychology in July 2019.
Bleak Future Ahead – The Science Behind Contemporary Polarization
Alison Goldsworthy is founder and CEO of the Depolarization Project. Previously Deputy Chair of the Liberal Democrats, since 2016 she has served as senior advisor to Stanford University’s Conflict and Polarization Initiative. You may follow her on Twitter @aligoldsworthy. Julian L. Huppert, a former Member of Parliament for Cambridge, UK, is Director of the Intellectual Forum, Jesus College, Cambridge. You may follow him on Twitter @julianhuppert.