1st Edition
Populism as Governmental Practice Spatial, Operational and Temporal Dynamics
Section I
Exploring everyday administration by populists
1. Introduction: Populism as governmental practice
Section II
Theory: Uncovering populist undercurrents in everyday politics and government
2. Contemporary theories of populism: Shifting the focus from the stage of electoral politics to mundane governmental practice
3. Understanding populism as governmental practice: Colonization of modern governmentalities from below
Secton III
Case studies
4. Responsive political practice in Turkey in historical perspective: From “politics of expediency” to “populism”
5. Populism as public administration and policy in the AKP years in Turkey: A multi-domain analysis
6. The populist economic conduct under Chavez rule in Venezuela
7. Bureaucracy during Greece’s populist democracy: The PASOK practice
8. Populist judicial practice in India under BJP rule: Challenging secularism via judicial tactics
9. Duterte’s penal populism in Philippines
10. Nasser’s socio-economic and education policies in Egypt: Virtues and ills of “populist social contract”
11. The populist foreign policy conduct during Trump’s presidency in the United States
Section IV
Conclusion
12. Enlarging the scope of “politics”: Dynamics and consequences of populist governmental practice and some methodological and theoretical implications
Biography
Toygar Sinan Baykan is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Kırklareli University in Turkey. His main areas of expertise are populism, party politics, party-voter linkages, and Turkish politics. He published reviews and articles in journals such as Party Politics, Democratization, Mediterranean Politics, and Third World Quarterly. He is the author of the monograph Justice and Development Party in Turkey: Populism, Personalism, Organization (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and he contributed to the volume Populism in Global Perspective (Routledge, 2021) with an analysis of contemporary populism in Turkey.
"This is an original and welcome theoretical and comparative contribution. Professor Baykan’s volume shows the advantages of focusing on the deeds and performative practices of populist micro politics that seek immediacy, responsiveness, and short-term effectiveness. Populism as Governmental Practice weaves together how day-to-day interactions between populist political machines and deprived constituencies are based on personalism and clientelism. The volume illustrates how populist policies in Turkey, Venezuela, Greece, India, the Philippines, Egypt, and the U.S. offer immediate material and symbolic rewards over long term solutions."
Carlos de la Torre, University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies, U.S.
"The study of populism often centers on its role as an oppositional political force. In this book, Toygar Sinan Baykan makes important contributions to our understanding of populism in power, as a form of government practice. The book sheds new light on the distinctive features of populist governing practices, and the tools adopted by populists to administer their authority. This is a most welcome addition to scholarly debates regarding populism's political style and its implications for democratic governance."
Kenneth Roberts, Cornell University, U.S.
