Populism in global perspective: a performative and discursive approach

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- Part I Theory -- 2 Populism, Hegemony, and the Political Construction of "The People": A Discursive Approach -- 3 Who Would Identify With An "Empty Signifier"?: The Relational, Performative Approach to Populism -- Part II Populist Identification in Global Perspective -- 4 Populism as Synecdochal Representation: Understanding the Transgressive Bodily Performance of South American Presidents -- 5 Rafael Correa and the Citizens' Revolution in Ecuador: A Case of Left-Wing Non-Hegemonic Populism -- 6 Trump and the Populist Presidency -- 7 Populism, Race, and Radical Imagination: #FeelingTheBern in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter -- 8 Populist Politics and the Politics of "Populism": The Radical Right in Western Europe -- 9 Populism in Government: The Case of SYRIZA (2015-2019) -- 10 The High-Low Divide in Turkish Politics and the Populist Appeal of Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party -- 11 Beyond Demagogues and Deplorables: Democratizing Populist Rhetoric in Rodrigo Duterte's Philippines -- 12 Out With the Old, In With the New?: The ANC and EFF's Battle to Represent the South African "People" -- 13 Conclusions: Reflections on the Lessons Learned -- Index.

"Pathbreaking theoretically and innovative in treatment, Populism in Global Perspective is a seminal addition to the literature on arguably the most controversial and fervently discussed topic in political science today. The book brings together established and rising stars in the field of populism studies, in an integrated set of theoretical and empirical studies centered on a discursive-performative notion of populism. Contributors argue that populist identification is relational and sociocultural, and demonstrate the importance of studying populism phenomenologically together with anti-populism. The truly global series of case studies of populism in the US, Western and Southern Europe, Latin America, South Africa, the Philippines, and Turkey achieves a deliberate balance of left and right instances of populism, including within regions, and of populism in government and opposition. Written in a style approachable to students and specialists alike, the volume provides a substantial foundation for current knowledge on the topic. Populism in Global Perspective is a must read for comparativists, political theorists, sociologists, area studies specialists, and all educated readers interested in populism, worldwide"--