POPULISM: IDEOLOGY OF NON-IDEOLOGY OR IDEOLOGY OF POWER

Abstract

It is clear that the party and leader cadres, which now hold power in representative democracy, do not need the proper ideological doctrines. Neither liberalism in all its patterns nor socialism in all its fractions can help to gain and consolidate power. It is more persuasive to rely on the power of populism instead of all ideological doctrines to achieve political power in representative democracies. Populism is not a written doctrine and excludes theoretical formulation, instead, it is employed as the ideology of power, with a range of flexible but powerful claims.