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 today-or have been recently-in 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 elections-which populistsneed to nurture their legitimacy-and 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.

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.

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
Foreword: Alain Dieckhoff, Christophe Jaffrelot & Elise MassicardChapter One. Populists in Power: A Comparative perspectiveAlain DieckhoffChapter Two. Populism : Definition and limitsChristophe JaffrelotPART ONE: CONQUERING POWERChapter Three. The Five Stars Movement: an anti-political mobilizationJean-Louis BriquetChapter Four. Populism in A Praetorian State: Rise of Imran Khan in PakistanAsma FaizPART TWO: THE DRIFTChapter Five. From Chavez to Maduro : from delegative democracy to de-democratizationThomas PosadoChapter Six. Thaksin Shinawatra in Thailand : a Reactive PopulismEugénie MérieauPART THREE: SOCIAL BASISChapter Seven. Moral and Politics under PutinKathy RousseletChapter Eight. Civil society in the plural in Putin's RussiaGilles Favarel-Guarrigues & Françoise DaucéChapter Nine. Narendra Modi in Power : in the Name of the People ?Christophe JaffrelotChapter Ten. People's government or Government in the Name of the People?Elise MassicardPART FOUR: POPULISM AND AUTHORITARIANISMChapter Eleven. Israel : De-democratizing without saying soSamy CohenChapter Twelve. Rodrigo Duterte: Punitive Populism in the PhilippinesDavid CamrouxChapter Thirteen. Power Confiscated in Orban's Hungary