Abstract
This is a critical review of the work The century of populism: history, theory and criticism, by the French historian and political scientist Pierre Rosanvallon. Populism attracts the attention of many researchers around the world and, despite this, the understanding of the phenomenon is still far from a consensus. From this review, we seek to analyze the contribution given by Rosanvallon to the understanding of a typology of populism. In the end, it is noted that, for Rosanvallon, in addition to being a possibility within democracy itself, populism can also mean the driving force that transforms it into a dictatorship.
Keywords:
Populism; Democracy; Democrat