ABSTRACT
This handbook brings national and thematic case studies together to examine a variety of populist politics from local and comparative perspectives in the Asia Pacific. The chapters consider key and cross cutting themes such as populism and nationalism, religion, ethnicity and gender, as well as authoritarianism. They show how populist politics alters the way governments mediate state-society relations.
The essays in this volume consider:
- diverse approaches in populist politics, for example, post-colonial, strategic vs ideational, growth and redistribution, leadership styles, and in what ways they are similar to, or different from, populist discourses in Europe and the United States
- under what social, political, economic and structural conditions populist politics has emerged in the Asia-Pacific region
- national case studies drawn from South, East and Southeast Asia as well as the Pacific analyzing themes such as media, religion, gender, medical populism, corruption and cronyism, and inclusive vs exclusive forms of populist politics
- modes and techniques of social and political mobilization that populist politicians employ to influence people and their impact on the way democracy is conceived and practiced in the Asia Pacific
As a systematic account of populist ideologies, strategies, leaders and trends in the Asia Pacific, this handbook is essential reading for scholars of area studies, especially in the Asia Pacific, politics and international relations, and political and social theory.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|18 pages
Introduction
part II|86 pages
Approaches and key issues
chapter 4|16 pages
Between people power and state power
chapter 6|12 pages
The populist radical right, gendered enemy, and religion
part III|56 pages
Cross-cutting themes
chapter 8|13 pages
Populism, media, and communication in the Asia Pacific
part IV|251 pages
National cases