Kurt Weyland’s Concept Regarding the Populist Strategy

The article looks at the concept of Kurt Weyland about populism as a strategy for political mobilization. The analysis focuses on three thematic elements: first, the strategic approach is distinguished from the ideological and the discursive ones. Second, the role of the personalistic leader has been outlined as an engine of the populist strategy. Third, Weyland‘s interpretationof the relationship between populism and democracy has been subjected to critical analysis.