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Political Communication and Performative Leadership

Populism in International Politics

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Editors:
  1. Corina Lacatus

    1. School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

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  2. Gustav Meibauer

    1. Department of Political Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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  3. Georg Löfflmann

    1. School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

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  • Shows how populist communication informs foreign policy
  • Explores how populist communication and performative leadership is reshaping international politics
  • Unpacks how populists communicate around the world, including in the Global South

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction: Populism, Political Communication and Performative Leadership in International Politics

    • Corina Lacatus, Gustav Meibauer, Georg Löfflmann
    Pages 1-23

  3. Populist Communication and Foreign Policy in Global Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
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    2. Populist Moralization of Foreign Policy Issues

      • Linda Bos, Frederic R. Hopp, Penelope Sheets
      Pages 27-48

    3. Populist Communication and Foreign Policy in a Competitive Authoritarian Context

      • Corina Lacatus
      Pages 49-65

    4. Populist Representational Practices and Foreign Policy: An Analysis of the Case of Poland

      • David Cadier
      Pages 67-85

    5. “Self-Other, and the Oppositional Discursive Logic behind Populist Foreign Policy. The Case of the Lega Nord”

      • Federico Petris
      Pages 87-105

    6. Latin American Populist Leaders and the International Stage: Analysing Their Belief Systems

      • Consuelo Thiers, Leslie E. Wehner
      Pages 107-124

    7. When Populist Friends Abroad Hurt You at Home: How Populist Leaders in Italy and the Netherlands Coped with the Russian-Ukrainian War

      • Fabrizio Coticchia, Bertjan Verbeek
      Pages 125-145

    8. Crisis Populism: The Thick Ideological Core of Populist Politics in Turkey

      • Ole Frahm, Dirk Lehmkuhl
      Pages 147-162

    9. The End of the World Is Always Better in Theory: The Strained Relationship Between Populist Radical Right Parties and the State-of-Crisis Narrative

      • Markus Ketola, Pontus Odmalm
      Pages 163-177

    10. Saying the Unspeakable: Populism, Performance and the Politics of Covid-19

      • Amy Skonieczny, Giorgio Davide Boggio
      Pages 179-199

  4. The Impact of Populist Communication on International Politics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
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    2. Performing the Populist Repertoire on the Global Stage: A Critical Approach to IR and Populist Communication

      • Théo Aiolfi
      Pages 203-224

    3. Populist Bullshit in International Politics

      • Gustav Meibauer
      Pages 225-242

    4. Populism Beyond Borders: Modi’s Discursive Strategy with the Indian Diaspora in the United States of America

      • Chetan Rana
      Pages 243-257

    5. International Constellations of the Populist Radical-Right: An Analysis of Jair Bolsonaro’s International Speeches (2019–2020)

      • Eduardo Ryo Tamaki, Gustavo Venturelli
      Pages 259-278

    6. Populists’ Foreign Policy Rhetoric: More Confrontational, Less Consensual?

      • Sandra Destradi, Johannes Plagemann, Ege Husemoglu, Vihang Jumle, Alyssa Santiago, Ronald Schleehauf
      Pages 279-298

    7. Transatlantic Diplomacy in the Age of Populism: A Story of Resilience?

      • Emmanuelle Blanc
      Pages 299-315

    8. Populist Humiliation Narratives and the Mobilization of Resistance

      • Alexandra Homolar, Georg Löfflmann
      Pages 317-333
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About this book

This edited collection explores the intersections of populist communication, performative leadership and international politics. It investigates the mechanisms and dynamics connecting these core conceptual fields and offers empirical examples. Together, the contributors to the volume argue that populist communication, i.e. the language, deliberation and discursive performance of populist ideas, has a profound and lasting impact not only on domestic politics, but in terms of foreign policies as well as the conduct of international politics writ large. First, populist communication shapes how global, regional and transborder issues are debated and strategically used for political purposes domestically. Second, populist communication changes when and how states and other actors in turn formulate responses and policies vis-a-vis, for example, migration, global health, climate change, trade, or war. Finally, populist communication affects the nature of international politics. It influenceshow actors conduct themselves internationally, and how we may conceive of core concepts and practices such as diplomacy, security, cooperation, and order. To illustrate these mechanisms, the contributors explore cases from around the world, demonstrating the relevance of populist communication for international politics in both the Global South and the Global North.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

    Corina Lacatus, Georg Löfflmann

  • Department of Political Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Gustav Meibauer

About the editors

Corina Lacatus is Lecturer in Global Governance at Queen Mary University of London. She holds doctorates from London School of Economics and University of California. Her book “The Strength of Our Commitments” is  forthcoming with University of Chicago Press. She published widely on populist communication in the United States, Europe, and Africa. 

Gustav Meibauer is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He previously held a postdoctoral fellowship at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he also completed his doctorate in International Relations. He researches international relations theory, foreign policy decision-making and political communication. 

Georg Löfflmann is Lecturer in US Foreign Policy at Queen Mary University of London. His research examines the intersection of security narratives, national identity and foreign and security policy, with a particular focus on the United States of America. He has edited a special issue of the British Journal of Politics and International Relations on the ‘Study of Populism in IR’, and is the author of American Grand Strategy Under Obama: Competing Discourses (Edinburgh University Press, 2017).

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