History's Postscript: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy.

The article discusses the concept of populism which is an anti-pluralist form of politics that is contrary to conventional wisdom. Topics discussed include the controversy over U.S. State Department official Francis Fukuyama's article "The End of History?," a comparison between democracy and populism, populists' creation of their own middle class, a brief history of populism and the threat if populists against liberal elites and racial minorities.