Library

A curated database of research on populism, built for literature reviews.

How it is organised

Every entry is tagged on two axes. The first says how the work defines populism. The second says what populism is studied alongside. Each name below opens the Library with that filter.

Approaches to populism

• Ideational: populism as a thin ideology (Mudde)
• Discursive (Laclau, the Essex school)
• Political-strategic (Weyland)
• Performative or stylistic (Moffitt)
• Socio-cultural (Ostiguy)
• Economic or structural
• Measurement and methods: how populism is measured
• Other or multiple

Populism and…

• Foreign policy
• Defence and security
• The international sphere: the EU, international organisations, multilateralism
• Parties, leaders and movements: the supply side
• Voters and attitudes: the demand side
• Populists in government
• Spatial populism: geography, urban–rural divides, regions
• Economy and welfare
• Media and communication
• Gender
• Religion
• Migration
• Democracy and institutions
• Other

Entries can also be filtered by region, country, method, type of publication, year, journal and open access.

What goes in

Works related to populism, in English: articles in peer-reviewed journals, and books. Chapters and other kinds of work enter only when they have proved significant over time. The rule that anyone can check: “populism” or “populist” is in the title, or in the abstract when there is one.

How the tags are given

A tag is given only when the work’s own title or abstract supports it. The wordings that count as evidence are public: the phrases for approaches, topics and methods and the names of countries, leaders and parties. Nothing is guessed, so a work stays untagged where its own text does not say. A missing tag means “not stated in the title or the abstract”, not “does not apply”.

What each entry gives you

The full citation, the abstract as published when the publisher provides one, a link to the DOI or to an open-access copy, the tags on both axes, and a BibTeX reference in one click. The works shown can be downloaded as a BibTeX or a CSV file. PopuliVerse links to papers. It does not host them.

How to cite the Library

If you use the Library in your research or teaching, please cite it. The Library grows, so give the date of your visit.

Rzazade, Khayyam, ed. 2026–. PopuliVerse Library. https://populiverse.com/library/. Accessed [the date of your visit].

Cite the works themselves as usual: each entry gives its reference and its BibTeX.

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