populist movement
Common people's crusade
A populist movement is a political campaign or social uprising that claims to represent ordinary people against a corrupt or self-serving elite.
Populist movements span the political spectrum—from agrarian revolts demanding fair prices to nationalist campaigns targeting immigrants and globalists.
The term implies grassroots energy but often carries skepticism about the movement's actual solutions: The populist movement swept him into office on promises he couldn't keep.
- anti-elitismDistrust of privileged classes
- grassroots democracyPolitical engagement from ordinary citizens
- patriotic imagerySymbols representing national pride
- mass mobilizationWidespread organized public activation
- grassroots organizingLocal citizen-led collective action
direct democracy · protest movements · sovereignty · advocacy campaigns · folk traditions · community activism · protectionism · political rallies · stump speech · nationalism · citizen engagement · slogans · charismatic leadership · propaganda techniques · social networks · identity politics · working class · silent majority
- social movementswomen's liberation, abolition, feminism, disability rights, LGBT rights
- Gilded AgeGilded Age, robber baron, robber barons, Carnegie, Rockefeller
- Midwest historyChicago, Detroit, Great Lakes, Mississippi River, Ohio River
- rebellionrevolt, rebel, mutiny, insurgency, insurrection
populist movementtechnocracy
Governance by technical experts
managerialism · meritocracy · managerial class · scientific management · credentialism
populist movementestablishment
Founded organization or venue
oligarchy · aristocracy · old guard · power elite · elitism
populist movementinstitutionalism
Emphasis on formal structures
incrementalism · gradualism · bipartisanship · parliamentary procedure · moderation
populist, populism, popular, popularity, popularize, popularization, popularly, unpopular, populate