TY - JOUR ID - 3322 TI - The Rise of Post-truth Populism in Pluralist Liberal Democracies: Challenges for Health Policy JO - International Journal of Health Policy and Management JA - IJHPM LA - en SN - AU - Speed, Ewen AU - Mannion, Russell AD - School of Health and Human Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, UK AD - Health Services Management Center, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 VL - 6 IS - 5 SP - 249 EP - 251 KW - Populism KW - Liberal Democracy KW - Post-Truth Politics KW - Health Policy DO - 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.19 N2 - Recent years have witnessed the rise of populism and populist leaders, movements and policies in many pluralist liberal democracies, with Brexit and the election of Trump the two most recent high profile examples of this backlash against established political elites and the institutions that support them. This new populism is underpinned by a post-truth politics which is using social media as a mouthpiece for ‘fake news’ and ‘alternative facts’ with the intention of inciting fear and hatred of ‘the other’ and thereby helping to justify discriminatory health policies for marginalised groups. In this article, we explore what is meant by populism and highlight some of the challenges for health and health policy posed by the new wave of post-truth populism. UR - https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3322.html L1 - https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3322_9556d2274e374a40b3d8128741b20db3.pdf ER -