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The aim is to develop criteria for distinguishing urban populism from non-populist actions in local governance.

An operationalization of urban populism: populists and non-populists in New York City, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, San Francisco, and Hazleton

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This article identifies parameters of urban populism in local politics, revealing implications for various global contexts.

The aim is to develop criteria for distinguishing urban populism from non-populist actions in local governance.
Applied criteria to case studies in New York City, San Francisco, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, and Hazleton.
Identified local elites and constructed an concept of 'urban people'.
Assessed the suspension of multiscalarity in local political settings.
Identified specific characteristics that define populist governance in the studied cities.
Demonstrated variability in local political phenomena as either populist or non-populist.
Provided a framework applicable to analyze global instances of urban politics.

Omri Cohen (2026) studied this question.

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