Contemporary Populists in Power

Populism is on the rise, and so are academic studies on populism. The study of populism has long focused on the way its spokespersons have behaved as an oppositional force, in Western countries in particular. While discourses and practices of populists exercising a protest function still merit attention, this volume trains the focus on populists in government. The real novelty of the past decade is that many populists are now (or have been) in power, in Europe as well as in other parts of the world, and this book intends to play a pioneering role from a geographical and analytical standpoint. Besides Europe and Latin America, where populism is well established, populists are todayor have been recentlyin office in the Middle East (Turkey, Israel), Asia (India, Thailand, the Philippines, Pakistan, Sri Lanka), and the United States. In most of the cases, their rule has resulted in forms of authoritarianism, giving birth to a new kind of regime that combines electionswhich populistsneed to nurture their legitimacyand attacks against institutions in charge of checks and balances, including the judiciary. While most of the populist rulers have consolidated their power, democratic resilience has prevailed in some rare cases.

Makes a novel contribution to populism studies by focusing on populists in power, rather in opposition to government Exhibits a global scope that extends beyond Europe and the US Presents a topical analysis that examines the recent rise of populism as a governing ideology around the world

Auteur

Alain Dieckhoff is Director of the Center for International Studies (CERI) at Sciences Po, France, and CNRS Research Professor.

Christophe Jaffrelot is a CNRS Research Professor at the Center for International Studies (CERI) at Sciences Po, France, Prof. of Indian politics and sociology at King s College (London) and President of the French Political Science Association.

Elise Massicard is a CNRS Research Professor at the Center for International studies (CERI) at Sciences Po, France.

Contenu
Introductory Chapters.- Chapter 1. Introduction: Populists in Power, A Global Perspective.- Chapter 2. Populists in Power: A Comparative Perspective.- Part 1. Populist Roads to Authoritarianism.- Chapter 3. Populism against Democracy or People against Democracy?.- Chapter 4. We Are on the Same Page: The Curious Case of Imran Khan's Populism in Pakistan.- Chapter 5. From Chávez to Maduro: From delegative democracy to de-democratization.- Chapter 6. Populism and Authoritarian Drift: The Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil.- Chapter 7. Mahinda Rajapaksa: From Populism to Authoritarianism.- Part 2. Consolidating Power.- Chapter 8. Orban's Hungary: From "Illiberal Democracy" to the Authoritarian Temptation.- Chapter 9. Israel: Dedemocratization by Stealth.- Chapter 10. Tatay (Daddy) Digong, The Punisher: President Rodrigo Duterte's Punitive Populism in the Philippines.- Chapter 11. Ruling for the People or Ruling the People? Governing the Third Sector in Turkey.- Chapter 12. Populist Welfarism in India: How Modi Relates to the Poor.- Part 3. The Limits of Populism in Office.- Chapter 13. The Movimento Cinque Stelle (M5S) in Italy. The Rise and Fall of an Antipolitical Movement.- Chapter 14. The Austrian Far Right in Government: The Role of Coalitions.- Chapter 15. Defensive Populism in Tutelary Democracies:The Case of Thaksin Shinawatra vs the Deep State in Thailand.- Chapter 16. The System is Strong: American Democratic Resilience and the Great Trumpian Stress Test.