Modern Populism

Weaponizing for Power and Influence
2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-32232-7
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 159 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 448 g

Reihe: Springer Studies on Populism, Identity Politics and Social Justice

This book sheds light on modern populism and discusses the link between populism and identity politics against the backdrop of populist leaders asserting the identity of their own group, while maintaining the separation from others.

Written by former BBC correspondent and commentator Deepak Tripathi, the book explains how populism has a long history with early discernable origins in the Tsarist Russian Empire and North America in the nineteenth century, spreading to Latin America, Europe, and elsewhere in the following century. The book analyzes various forms of populism, its causes and consequences. It further looks at how industrialization, economic growth, and movement of people led to conditions which contributed to inequalities, fueling populist sentiments and social conflict around the globe. Tripathi concludes that populism has moved from the fringes to the mainstream of politics, and is here to stay, given factors such as growing competition for resources, population increase, climate change, and migration.

The book will appeal to students, scholars, and researchers of political science and neighboring disciplines, as well as policy-makers interested in a better understanding of modern populism and its roots.

Written in a graceful, informative style, this book explores the rise of populism on the global scene and exposes its dangers.

Deepak Tripathi provides the first lucid and comprehensive analysis of a political phenomenon that engulfs many states and societies today.

This wide-ranging and clear-sighted book gives a historically-informed account of how populism went mainstream. It is a fascinating read. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tripathi, Deepak

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Roots of Populism.- Chapter 2. Matter of Definitions.- Chapter 3. North America.- Chapter 4. Latin America.- Chapter 5. Europe.- Chapter 6. Middle East and North Africa.- Chapter 7. South and Southeast Asia.- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Deepak Tripathi, PhD, is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. A former journalist, Tripathi worked for the BBC for 23 years as a foreign correspondent, commentator, and editor. As the BBC Afghanistan correspondent, he set up the corporation’s bureau in Kabul in the early 1990s. He also reported from Syria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and India. Tripathi is the author of a Middle East quartet of books.