Authoritarian Populism and Liberal Democracy

This edited volume offers new insights into the populist wave that is affecting democratic politics in a large number of countries. The authoritarian populist turn that has developed in the US and various European countries in recent years both reflects and exacerbates the polarization of public opinion that increasingly characterizes democratic politics. The book seeks to explain how and why authoritarian populist opinion has developed and been mobilised in democratic countries. It also explores the implications of this growth in authoritarian, anti-immigrant sentiment for the operation of democratic politics in the future. It concludes that liberals may need to abandon their big-hearted internationalist instinct for open and unmanaged national borders and tacit indifference to illegal immigration. They should instead fashion a distinctively liberal position on immigration based on the socially progressive traditions of planning, public services, community cohesion and worker protection against exploitation. To do otherwise would be to provide the forces of illiberal authoritarianism with an opportunity to advance unparalleled since the 1930s and to destroy the extraordinary post-war achievements of the liberal democratic order.

Honours and celebrates the work of Anthony King, one of the greats of British political science Looks at how populism emerged and gained a foothold, but also how it is likely to impact on policies and politics in years to come The most wide-ranging study of populism to date

Auteur
Ivor Crewe is Master of University College, University of Oxford, UK. He is former Professor of Government and Vice Chancellor at the University of Essex, UK, and has authored numerous publications on elections, parties and public opinion in the UK. He is co-author of The Blunders of our Governments (with A. King, 2013).

David Sanders is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Essex, UK. He has authored numerous books and articles on various aspects of UK and comparative politics, including (with various co-authors) Losing an Empire, Finding a Role (1990 and 2017) and The Political Integration of Ethnic Minorities in Britain (2013).

Résumé

"Crewe's and Sanders' timely book enriches the academic literature devoted to populism. One of its main merits is its clarity. ... the book is perfectly intelligible and its chapters make perfect sense whether read in succession or separately. ...this panoramic volume is on the whole enlightening and will allow specialist and non-specialist advanced readers to better grasp the history, mechanisms and consequences of authoritarian populism in the UK, the US and beyond and to envisage what possible responses might be." (Vincent Latour,Caliban, French Journal of English Studies, Vol. 63, 2020)

Contenu
Chapter 1. Introduction (Crewe & Sanders).- Part 1.- Chapter 2. Authoritarian populism and Brexit in the UK in historical perspective (Crewe).- Chapter 3. Exploring Authoritarian Populism in Britain (Greenwood & Twyman).- Chapter 4. Authoritarian populist opinion in Europe (Bartle, Sanders & Twyman).- Chapter 5. Populism and Brexit (Marsh).- Chapter 6. Populism Plus Voting for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US Presidential Election (Whiteley, Clarke & Stewart).- Chapter 7. Facilitating Donald Trump: Populism, the Republican Party and Media Manipulation (McKay).- Chapter 8. Exceptionalism, Contending Liberalisms and the Future of the Democratic Party (Wilson).- Part 2.- Chapter 9. How can liberal democracies respond effectively to Putin without prejudicing liberalism and democracy? (Hosking).- Chapter 10. How can the liberal democratic cause be advanced in the Middle East? (Ezrow).- Chapter 11. Parliamentary and presidential systems: the role of parties, and the danger of authoritarian populism (Blondel & Thiebault).- Chapter 12. Does Populism discredit Direct Democracy? (Budge).- Chapter 13. How should established parties respond to the rise of identity politics in their electoral base? (Kettle).- Chapter 14. Populism and Social Citizenship: an Anglo-American comparison (Moran).- Chapter 15. The Top Leader Fixation in British Politics (Brown).- Chapter 16. Constitutional Reform and the Functioning of UK Democracy (Riddell).- Part 3.- Chapter 17. The Founding Fathers vs The People? (Weale).- Chapter 18. Ideas, institutions, and the politicians of our governments: Anthony King as a student of liberal democracy (Allen).- Chapter 19. Conclusion (Crewe & Sanders).