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Book SynopsisRecent populist movements online and around the globe have drawn the attention of news media, social and political analysts, and scholars, all of whom seek to understand the patterns of influence which have produced and are produced by this populist surge. Whether nationalist or revolutionary, ideological or geopolitical, these movements have changed the way we relate to one another as leaders and followers. In its various forms, populism is changing the face and geography of global politics and society.
Leadership, Populism and Resistance draws upon the study of history, politics, policy, media, virtue, and heroism to examine the ways in which populism and popular movements have evolved, what we have learned (and failed to learn) from them, how we depict and discuss them through popular media and the press, and, finally, how we can understand virtue and heroism as a consequence or-reaction to-populism and popularity.
This volume uses a multidisciplinary approach to examine the causes and impacts of populism and popular movements across time and around the world which would appeal to a wide variety of scholars and practitioners. Its chapters provide potential teaching tools within individual disciplines (history, psychology, media studies, political science, literature, education, leadership studies) which are useful for educators at all levels concerned with social movements, populism and democracy. The interdisciplinary nature of the volume is also accessible to non-academic audiences interested in modern populist and popular socio-political trends.
Trade Review'In a time when the Western world scratches its head about the rise of populism and the decline of democracy, journalists and pundits try to make sense out of the events of the day. This unique and engaging scholarly collection takes a different tack. By looking at the past, it escapes the tyranny of the present and offers perspective on where we are now and how we might move beyond populist leaders and restore democracy.' --Joanne B. Ciulla, Rutgers Business School, Newark and New Brunswick, US
Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction to Leadership, Populism, and Resistance 1 Kristin M.S. Bezio and George R. Goethals THEORY OF POPULISM 1. Populism discourse and “trouble in democracy”: a critical approach 8 Paul Sanders HISTORICAL POPULISM 2. Muslims are the new Jesuits: what we can learn about leadership and modern Islamophobia from Shakespeare’s England 30 Kristin M.S. Bezio 3. Guinartism: on Don Quixote, caudillos, and political imagination in Latin America 46 Ernesto Semán 4. Eric Voegelin on the seemliness of symbols: Shays’s Rebellion 70 Nathan Harter and Cydney Clark 5. Crusading for citizenship: how the mid-twentieth-century quest for African American voting rights emphasized plurality over populism 90 Julian Maxwell Hayter POPULISM AND MEDIA 6 Talking the talk: communication as the essential element of leadership 107 Hayley Gray-Hoehn 7. Attacking the fourth estate: the nature and effects of political leaders’ war with the press 129 Allison M.N. Archer 8. #TheResistance: leadership and the exercise of dissent in the Twitterverse 148 Kimberly Yost TODAY’S POPULISM 9. Donald Trump as the archetypal puer aeternus: the psychology of mature and immature leadership 160 Scott T. Allison, George R. Goethals, and Smaragda P. Spyrou 10. Immigration and school leadership in the Trump era: a discussion of compliance, ethic of care, and dissent 176 Thomas J. Shields and Kate M. Cassada 11. Beyond red and blue: what students need to learn if American democracy is to survive and thrive 196 Thad Williamson POPULISM AND VIRTUE 12. Humility: the forgotten leadership virtue 212 Kenneth P. Ruscio Index 222
