Octavia Bryant – The Conversation

Thanks to current right-wing populists, people are conflating right wing ideologies such as being anti-migrant with populism. Felicity Burke/The Conversation

February 5, 2019

What actually is populism? And why does it have a bad reputation?

Octavia Bryant, Australian Catholic University and Benjamin Moffitt, Australian Catholic University

Everyone seems to be talking about populism. But if it is to appeal to ordinary people, why is often framed as a negative thing?

‘Goddesses of Democracy’ in the 21st century: Thomas Marsh sculpted a replica (left) in Washington DC of the statue destroyed in Tiananmen Square in 1989; on the 21st anniversary of the massacre, Hong Kong students erected a statue on campus (centre) after police had seized a plastic replica. Flickr/DB King; Flickr/Ryanne Lai; Flickr/Ryanne Lai

July 27, 2015

Democracy needs heroes to champion the cause

Jean-Paul Gagnon, Australian Catholic University; Mark Chou, Australian Catholic University, and Octavia Bryant, Australian Catholic University

Democracy – despite being considered by many as the only legitimate form of government – has no laureates to call its own.

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