This book provides a global overview of populist actors and strategies around the globe from a comparative perspective. By presenting six country studies on the United States, France, Poland, Turkey, the Philippines and Argentina, the contributors analyze how parties from both the radical left and right use a populist discourse combining people-centrism, anti-elitism, and the exclusion of certain population cohorts from the national community. They illustrate how populist actors mobilize and persuade citizens by using simple and slogan-based language and charismatic leadership while offering simple solutions to complex problems.
Each case study describes the history of populism in the respective country, current populist actors, the strategies these parties and movements employ, and how successful these tactics are within the population. These case studies are embedded within two theoretical chapters that link the cases to the theoretical and empirical literature on populism. This timely book will appeal to anyone interested in understanding the current enormous appeal of populist movements around the globe.
Author(s): Daniel Stockemer
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 139
City: Cham
Populism Around the World
Contents
Introduction
1 Defining Populism
2 A Short History of Populism
References
Populism in Argentina
1 Introduction
2 The History of Populism in Argentina
3 Populist Actors and Parties
4 Populist Agendas and Strategies
5 The Popular Appeal of Populism in the Population
6 Conclusion
References
Populism in France
1 Introduction
2 Populism in France
3 Populist Agendas and Strategies
3.1 Populists Against the EU
3.2 National Interests
3.3 Populist Strategies
3.4 The Populist Agency: Organizational Basis
4 Electoral Support for Populism
4.1 The Context of the 2017 Elections
4.2 Populist Voting in France
5 Conclusion
References
Populism in the Philippines
1 Introduction
2 A Historicized, Contextualized, and Critical Take
2.1 Historicized
2.2 Contextualized
2.3 Critical
3 Nationalism and Populism in the Philippines: A Historicized Take
3.1 Colonial Roots (1892-1946)
3.2 The ``Resurrected People´´ (1946-1986)
3.3 Contemporary Populists (1986-2016)
4 Current Populist Actors: Contextualizing Duterte´s Rise
4.1 Populist Agendas and Strategies
4.1.1 ``Old School´´ Populism
4.1.2 Spectacular Politics
4.2 Populist Publics
5 Duterte and the Return to National Boss Rule: A Critical Take
6 Conclusion
References
Populism in Poland
1 Introduction
2 The History of Populism in Poland
2.1 Before 1989: Populism in the Interwar and Communist Eras
2.2 After 1989: The Rise of Populists from the Margins to the Mainstream
3 Current Populist Actors and Parties
3.1 Law and Justice (PiS)
3.2 Kukiz´15
3.3 Populist Social Movements
4 Agendas and Strategies of Populist Actors
4.1 PiS
4.2 Kukiz´15
5 The Popular Appeal of Populists in the Population
6 Conclusion
References
Populism in Turkey
1 Introduction
2 The History of Populism in Turkey
3 Current Populist Parties and Actors
4 Populist Agendas and Strategies
5 The Appeal of Populism in the Population
6 Conclusion
References
Populism in the United States
1 Introduction
2 The Foundations of American Populism
3 A Brief History of Populism in the United States
4 Current Populist Actors in the United States
5 The Populism of Donald Trump
6 The Popular Appeal of Populism in the Population
7 Conclusion
References
Conclusion
1 Populism: A Thin Ideology That Can Be Combined with Basically Any Thick Ideology
2 The People, the Elite, and the General Will of the People
3 The General Will, the Affectual Narrative, and Representation
4 The History of Populism
5 The Tribune of the People: The Central Populist Actors
6 The Populist Approach
7 Populism´s Appeal
8 Conclusion
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