The Oxford Handbook of Populism

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Populist forces are becoming increasingly relevant across the world, and studies on populism have entered the mainstream of the political science discipline. However, so far no book has synthesized the ongoing debate on how to study the populist phenomenon. This handbook provides state of the art research and scholarship on populism, and lays out, not only the cumulated knowledge on populism, but also the ongoing discussions and research gaps on this topic. IThe Oxford Handbook of Populism is divided into four sections. The first presents the main conceptual approaches on populism and points out how the phenomenon in question can be empirically analyzed. The second focuses on populist forces across the world and includes chapters on Africa, Australia and New Zealand, Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, India, Latin America, the Post-Soviet States, the United States, and Western Europe. The third reflects on the interaction between populism and various relevant issues both from a scholarly and political point of view. Amongst other issues, chapters analyze the relationship between populism and fascism, foreign policy, gender, nationalism, political parties, religion, social movements and technocracy. Finally, the fourth part includes some of the most recent normative debates on populism, including chapters on populism and cosmopolitanism, constitutionalism, hegemony, the history of popular sovereignty, the idea of the people, and socialism. The handbook features contributions from leading experts in the field, and is indispensible, positioning the study of populism in political science. Title Page......Page 3 Copyright Page......Page 4 Contents......Page 7 List of Figures......Page 10 List of Tables......Page 11 List of Contributors......Page 12 1. Populism: An Overview of the Concept and the State of the Art......Page 15 Part I Concepts......Page 44 2. Populism: An Ideational Approach......Page 45 3. Populism: A Political-Strategic Approach......Page 71 4. Populism: A Socio-Cultural Approach......Page 103 Part II Regions......Page 134 5. Populism in Africa......Page 135 6. Populism in Australia and New Zealand......Page 160 7. Populism in Central and Eastern Europe......Page 184 8. Populism in East Asia......Page 208 9. Populism in India......Page 231 10. Populism in Latin America......Page 250 11. Populism in the Post-Soviet States......Page 275 12. Populism in the United States......Page 298 13. Populism in Western Europe......Page 318 Part III Issues......Page 339 14. Populism and Its Causes......Page 340 15. Populism and Political Parties......Page 365 16. Populism and Social Movements......Page 388 17. Populism and Technocracy......Page 413 18. Populism and Nationalism......Page 434 19. Populism and Fascism......Page 461 20. Populism and Foreign Policy......Page 488 21. Populism and Identification......Page 515 22. Populism and Gender......Page 540 23. Populism and Religion......Page 565 24. Populism and the Media......Page 591 25. Populism and the Question of How to Respond to It......Page 618 Part IV Normative Debates......Page 641 26. Populism and the History of Popular Sovereignty......Page 642 27. Populism and Hegemony......Page 672 28. Populism as a Threat to Liberal Democracy......Page 696 29. Populism and the Principle of Majority......Page 718 30. Populism and Constitutionalism......Page 743 31. Populism and the Idea of the People......Page 765 32. Populism and Praxis......Page 792 33. Populism and Cosmopolitanism......Page 811 34. Populism in the Socialist Imagination......Page 833 Index......Page 856