TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - The rise of post-truth populism in pluralist liberal democracies: challenges for health policy
JO  - International journal of health policy and management
A1  - Speed, Ewen
A1  - Mannion, Russell
SP  - 249
EP  - 251
VL  - 6
IS  - 5
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 Donald 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.<br><br>© 2017 The Author(s); Published by Kerman University of Medical Sciences. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2322-5939
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2017.19
ID  - ref1
ER  -