are the Laclau & Postone cites in your book?
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This idea of Disciplinarian Populism is very useful, and it fits neatly into other studies of the role of demonization and scapegoating, that Matt Lyons and I used in "Right-Wing Populism in America." Populism can be left wing, or right wing, or centrist. It is a style. Some of the best writing on scapegoating and populism is by Laclau and Postone.