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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 populi

    Table of Contents

    List of contributors

    List of tables

    List of figures

    List of graphs

    Acknowledgements

    PART I: Introduction

    1 Populism’s shifting meanings and geographical diffusion

    PART II: Approaches and key issues

    2 Populism, nationalism, and national identity in Asia

    3 The strategic approach to populism

    4 Between people power and state power: The ambivalence of populism in international relations

    5 Growth, redistribution, and populism in Asia

    6 The populist radical right, gendered enemy, and religion: Perspectives from South Asia since 2014

    7 Charismatic leadership, leader democracy, and populism in Asia

    PART III: Cross-cutting themes

    8 Populism, media, and communication in the Asia Pacific: A case study of Rodrigo Duterte and Pauline Hanson

    9 Religion, secularism and populism in contemporary Asia

    10 Islam and populism in the Asia Pacific

    11 Medical populism in the Asia Pacific

    PART IV: National cases

    12 ‘Inclusionary’ populism and democracy in India

    13 From Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto to Imran Khan: A comparative analysis of populist leaders in Pakistan

    14 Variants of populism in Bangladesh: Implications of charisma, clientelism, cronyism, and corruption

    15 Gender, populism, and collective identity: A feminist analysis of the Maoist movement in Nepal

    16 Contemporary Sri Lanka: Nationalism meets ‘soft populism’

    17 Islamic nationalism, populism, and democratization in the Maldives

    18 Democracy icon or demagogue? Aung San Suu Kyi and authoritarian populism in Myanmar (Burma)

    19 The Duterte phenomenon as authoritarian populism in the Philippines

    20 Gender, media, and populism: The vilification of first lady Ani Yudhoyono in the Indonesian online news media

    21 Weaponizing populism: How Thailand’s civil society went from anti-populism to anti-democracy campaigns

    22 South Korea: Still the ‘politics of the vortex’? A □historical analysis of party solidarities and populism

    23 Patriotic songs and populism in Chinese politics

    24 Taiwanese populism in the shadow of China

    25 Populism in Japan: actors or institutions?

    26 From populism to authoritarianism? The contemporary frame of politics in Australia

    27 Man alone: Winston Peters and the populist tendency in New Zealand politics

    28 Are Fiji’s two military strongmen populists?

    Index

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 9/29/2023 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780367701857, 978-0367701857
      ISBN10: 0367701855
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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 populi

        Table of Contents

        List of contributors

        List of tables

        List of figures

        List of graphs

        Acknowledgements

        PART I: Introduction

        1 Populism’s shifting meanings and geographical diffusion

        PART II: Approaches and key issues

        2 Populism, nationalism, and national identity in Asia

        3 The strategic approach to populism

        4 Between people power and state power: The ambivalence of populism in international relations

        5 Growth, redistribution, and populism in Asia

        6 The populist radical right, gendered enemy, and religion: Perspectives from South Asia since 2014

        7 Charismatic leadership, leader democracy, and populism in Asia

        PART III: Cross-cutting themes

        8 Populism, media, and communication in the Asia Pacific: A case study of Rodrigo Duterte and Pauline Hanson

        9 Religion, secularism and populism in contemporary Asia

        10 Islam and populism in the Asia Pacific

        11 Medical populism in the Asia Pacific

        PART IV: National cases

        12 ‘Inclusionary’ populism and democracy in India

        13 From Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto to Imran Khan: A comparative analysis of populist leaders in Pakistan

        14 Variants of populism in Bangladesh: Implications of charisma, clientelism, cronyism, and corruption

        15 Gender, populism, and collective identity: A feminist analysis of the Maoist movement in Nepal

        16 Contemporary Sri Lanka: Nationalism meets ‘soft populism’

        17 Islamic nationalism, populism, and democratization in the Maldives

        18 Democracy icon or demagogue? Aung San Suu Kyi and authoritarian populism in Myanmar (Burma)

        19 The Duterte phenomenon as authoritarian populism in the Philippines

        20 Gender, media, and populism: The vilification of first lady Ani Yudhoyono in the Indonesian online news media

        21 Weaponizing populism: How Thailand’s civil society went from anti-populism to anti-democracy campaigns

        22 South Korea: Still the ‘politics of the vortex’? A □historical analysis of party solidarities and populism

        23 Patriotic songs and populism in Chinese politics

        24 Taiwanese populism in the shadow of China

        25 Populism in Japan: actors or institutions?

        26 From populism to authoritarianism? The contemporary frame of politics in Australia

        27 Man alone: Winston Peters and the populist tendency in New Zealand politics

        28 Are Fiji’s two military strongmen populists?

        Index

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