After arriving in Chongqing in late 2007, Mr. Bo began what was billed as a crackdown on crime, along with a revival of Mao-era singalongs and welfare policies, aimed at generating populist backing and winning political support from the "new left," or hard-core socialists, for his bid to join the top-level Politburo Standing Committee, which is scheduled to turn over this year.
That she is the first woman to generate populist fervor on such a scale enhances her appeal and makes her, potentially, a figure of historic consequence.
That she is the first woman to generate populist fervor on such a scale enhances her appeal — and makes her, potentially, a figure of historic consequence.
In the introduction to Populism and the Mirror of Democracy, political scientist Francisco Panizza outlines four circumstances likely to generate populist movements.
Sanders and Trump have generated populist enthusiasm by turning previous trade deals, specifically NAFTA, into electoral punching bags for America's economic woes.
This isn't the nineteen-twenties, of course, but the recent period of austerity policies couldn't go on indefinitely without generating a populist backlash.
Confusion is all too often generated by populist science, such as that observed in the mass media, expressed by environmentalists who frequently present themselves as an authority on the issue in question and obtain the recognition from high-level political actors that would not be forthcoming from their scientific peers [25].
But, as several conference speakers affirmed, elected officials will not generate a populist movement.
Despite both sides playing to populist alarm, and generating quite a bit of noise in the process, Australia's total number of boat-arrivals is quite small, relative to the total population and the rate at which many other countries receive asylum-seekers.
Of the three, there's no doubt who is conveying the most consistent message and generating the most enthusiasm among liberal activists: it's Warren, with her populist crusade against Wall Street and moneyed interests.
Now that Obama has ascended to the grand stage, however, Leno can give him something he can't generate himself anymore: a populist platform.
