This symposium is based on an Author Meets Critic Session at the Social Science History Association meetings in November 2021 where Mabel Berezin, Robert S. Jansen, Paul Lichterman, and Ming-Cheng M. Lo share their comments on Alexander’s, Kivisto’s, and Sciortino’s Populism in the Civil Sphere.
The symposium ends with Alexander’s response to the commentaries.
“It is a singular privilege to have distinguished colleagues, expert in shared intellectual endeavors, devote concerted time to evaluating one’s efforts. Deeply appreciating their appreciation of Populism in the Civil Sphere (PCS), I note how carefully they have responded to almost every one of its singular contributors, whom I am confident will share my satisfaction with Robert Jansen’s statement that ‘anyone interested in reflecting in a fresh way on the relationship between populism and democracy would do well to read this book’” (J.C. Alexander).
