Overview
- Makes a novel contribution to populism studies by focusing on populists in power, rather in opposition to government
- Exhibits a global scope that extends beyond Europe and the US
- Presents a topical analysis that examines the recent rise of populism as a governing ideology around the world
Part of the book series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy (SPIRP)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Populist Roads to Authoritarianism
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Consolidating Power
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The Limits of Populism in Office
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About this book
Populism is on the rise, and so are academic studies on populism. The study of populism has long focused on the way its spokespersons have behaved as an oppositional force, in Western countries in particular. While discourses and practices of populists exercising a protest function still merit attention, this volume trains the focus on populists in government. The real novelty of the past decade is that many populists are now (or have been) in power, in Europe as well as in other parts of the world, and this book intends to play a pioneering role from a geographical and analytical standpoint. Besides Europe and Latin America, where populism is well established, populists are today—or have been recently—in office in the Middle East (Turkey, Israel), Asia (India, Thailand, the Philippines, Pakistan, Sri Lanka), and the United States. In most of the cases, their rule has resulted in forms of authoritarianism, giving birth to a new kind of regime that combines elections—which populistsneed to nurture their legitimacy—and attacks against institutions in charge of checks and balances, including the judiciary. While most of the populist rulers have consolidated their power, democratic resilience has prevailed in some rare cases.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Alain Dieckhoff is Director of the Center for International Studies (CERI) at Sciences Po, France, and CNRS Research Professor.
Christophe Jaffrelot is a CNRS Research Professor at the Center for International Studies (CERI) at Sciences Po, France, Prof. of Indian politics and sociology at King´s College (London) and President of the French Political Science Association.
Elise Massicard is a CNRS Research Professor at the Center for International studies (CERI) at Sciences Po, France.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Contemporary Populists in Power
Editors: Alain Dieckhoff, Christophe Jaffrelot, Elise Massicard
Series Title: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84079-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-84078-5Published: 01 March 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-84081-5Published: 02 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-84079-2Published: 28 February 2022
Series ISSN: 2945-607X
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6088
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 316
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour