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Populisms: The 21st Century Populism Approach Forms The purpose of this study is to address the different approaches used in the explanation of the concept of populism and to discuss why the approach to speak of these approaches is increasingly on the forefront. Today, the number of studies on populism in social sciences is increasing. This situation makes it quite important to do an analysis of the approaches to the populism. In this study, the three main approaches used in the populism studies will be discussed. I classified these approaches by staying in line with the approach of the political scientist Francisco Panizza. These approaches are the empirical approach, the historical approach and the speech approach. I suggest that the speech approach in this study is a stronger analytical tool than the other approaches in terms of understanding the relationship between populism and democracy, because it has increasingly a place in the populism studies.

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