Chapter four of Laclau's Politics and Ideology in Marxist Theory: Capitalism, Fascism, Populism, entitled "Towards a Theory of Populism."Laclau critiques existing theories that define populist movement through Marxist class distinctions, instead arguing that populism emerges from 'people'/power bloc contradictions distinct from class contradictions.
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Laclau, Ernesto. Politics and Ideology in Marxist Theory: Capitalism, Fascism, Populism. London: NLB, 1977.