Booming Populism - On the Practice and Language of Political Polarization

Donald J. Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States on November 8, 2016. In the course of the Brexit referendum and the U.S. presidential election, both the EU and the U.S. have witnessed a rise of political populism. Only nine days after the stunning election results, distinguished experts will discuss the booming political populist movement on both sides of the Atlantic at the German Center for Research and Innovation New York on November 17, 2016.

By claiming to speak in the name of ordinary people, politicians emphasize the direct democratic nature of their actions while at the same time often explicitly excluding certain groups of people from their societal models. By bringing together social scientists, journalists and communication experts, the panel discussion will enable a multilayered analysis of the current political implications of populism in its various forms and the role of different media in the distribution of information and shaping of public opinion.

On November 17, 2016, at the German Center for Research and Innovation New York, five policy experts will discuss the elections and booming populism. Michael Werz is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress where he is member of the National Security Team. Tara McGuinness is a Senior Advisor to the Director of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget and Executive Director of the Community Solutions Team. Jan-Werner Müller is Professor of Politics at Princeton University and a fellow at the Institute of Human Sciences, Vienna. Todd Gitlin teaches journalism and sociology and is the chair of the PhD program in Communications at Columbia University. Martin Nonhoff teaches political theory at the University of Bremen and is one of the field chairs at the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS). At the moment, he is a visiting scholar at Cornell University.

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