1st Edition

Routledge Handbook of Global Populism

Edited By Carlos de la Torre Copyright 2019
498 Pages
by Routledge

498 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

498 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This volume illustrates the diversity of populism globally. When seeking power, populists politicize issues, and point to problems that need to be addressed such as inequalities, the loss of national sovereignty to globalization, or the rule of unresponsive political elites. Yet their solutions tend to be problematic, simplistic, and in most instances, instead of leading to better forms of... Read more

1. Global Populism: Histories, Trajectories, Problems and Challenges  Part 1: Contemporary Theories of Populism  2. Populist Ideologies  3. Populist Political Strategies  4. Discourse Theories: Ernesto Laclau and the Essex School  Part 2: Regional Trajectories  5. Populism in the US  6. Contemporary/21st century Populism in Europe  7. Populism in Latin America  8. Populism in Africa  9. Populists in Asia: Fighting Social Immobility or Entrenching Autocracy?  10. Populism in the Middle East  Part 3: Populism and Democracy  11. Populism and Late Liberalism  12. Leftwing Populism and Democratization  13. Populism and Democracy in Europe  14. Populist Leadership, Party Institutionalisation and Democratisation in Africa  15. Populism and Democracy  Part 4: Populism, Authoritarianism, Fascism  16. Populism and Trans-Atlantic Fascism  17. Postfascism and Populism in Europe  18. Populist Authoritarianism  19. Populism and Competitive Authoritarianism  Part 5: The Populist Politization of Inequalities and Differences  20. Left Populism and the Politization of Neoliberal Exclusions in Latin America and Southern Europe  21. Islamic Populism and the Politization of Neoliberal Inequalities  22. Populism and Race in the US  23. Populism, Migration, and Xenophobia in Europe  24. Populism and Race/Ethnicity in Latin America  25. Ethnopopulism in Africa  Part 6: Populism and the Media  17. Latin America  18. Asia, and Europe  19. Europe  20. Israel  21. Conclusion



Biography

Carlos de la Torre is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kentucky and Emeritus Professor at FLASCO-Ecuador. He has been a fellow at the Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars. He is the author of 13 books and over 100 articles and book chapters.

"It broadens our view and provides rich material for a more empirically based debate on populism and, most of all, on the reasons for its development."

Dirk Jörke, TU Darmstadt