Populism and Populist Discourse in North America

Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1: Introduction
	Introduction ‘What Is Populism?’
	Margaret Canovan 1981
	The Ideational Approach
	Ernesto Laclau (2007)
	Discourse Approaches to Populism
	Greimasian Narrative
	Chapters in this Book
2: The People’s Party
	Jefferson and Jackson
	People’s Party Platform: Preamble
	1892 People’s Party Platform
	1896 People’s Party Platform
	James B. Weaver, A Call to Action
	Conclusion
3: Prairie Populism
	Introduction
	The Farmers’ Platform, 1918
	The Progressive Party
	William Aberhart and Social Credit
	William Aberhart’s Broadcasts
	The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
	Tommy Douglas’ Mouseland
	Conclusion
4: Constructed Populism: The Reform Party of Canada
	Introduction
	The Origins of the Reform Party
	Constitutional Reform: “A Fair Shake for the West!”
	Overt Populism
	Conclusion
5: Modern American Populism: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders
	Donald Trump
	Populism as Political Style
	Wilmington Ohio, September 1, 2016 “I Am Your Voice”
	Rupture
	Youngstown, Ohio Speech, July 25, 2017 “Make America Safe Again”
	Youngstown Speech, Part I
	Youngstown Speech, Part 2
	Youngstown Speech, Part 3. The Politics of Fear
	January 6, 2021 Speech, ‘The Numbers Speech,’ Saving Democracy
	Weak Republicans
	The Voting System and The Numbers
	Bernie Sanders, The Survivor
	Council Bluffs, Iowa Speech, Rural America
		Part 1, Welcome to the Revolution
		Part 2, Unmet Needs
		Part 3, Rural America
	Conclusion
6: Ford Nation
	Introduction
	Transportation: Subways, Subways, Subways
	FordNation
	New Subway Proposal Announcement
	Doug Ford, 2018 Provincial Election, “A buck a beer”
	Thunder Bay, May 2, 2018
	Ford Nation Facebook Ontario Place
	Final Debate Election 2018
	Conclusion
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7: Conclusion
	Prairie Populism
	Preston Manning and The Reform Party
	Resurgences of American Populism: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders
	Ford Nation
	Conclusion
References
Index