... is meant to help organize and inspire such action. Democracy polarization authoritarianism elitism populism system Introduction Democracy is in retreat globally. In 2024, Freedom House reported that political and civil rights had declined in 60 countries (while improving in 34), continuing 19...

...Abstract This chapter examines how the internal rise of ultranationalism and far-right populism is eroding the foundations of the Western liberal order, and that ideological shifts within liberal democracies are the primary drivers of democratic backsliding and global power realignment. Populist...

... and the masses) but also for the widespread contemporary political phenomenon of populism (the relationship between the people and the elite, and the characteristic figure of the populist leader). Psychoanalytic discourse is put into dialog with the semiotic analysis of political processes and the leader/group...

... in this investigation would risk creating a ‘false symmetry between men's and women's experiences’ ( Krook, 2020 , p. 107), whilst also ignoring the very real risks navigated by women on a daily basis ( Lumsden & Morgan, 2017 ). Online abuse misogyny social networking libertarianism populism public sphere...

... of leadership occasioned by the rise of reactionary populism, which is rooted in decades of neoliberal environmental governance and technological change that have concentrated wealth among a privileged few. While...

... examines the influence of media culture on lawmaking by focusing on legal content, in contrast to previous research on populism that has focused on the political actions of politicians, bureaucrats, or interest groups. It also provides strategies for resisting populism through legal expertise, based...

...The emergence of penal populism has led to the erosion of the authority traditionally held by criminal justice experts and elites, as their influence is increasingly overshadowed by popular demands for harsher punishment. This shift is particularly evident in the way penal populism challenges...

... theoretical and practical tools are tempted to turn in on themselves. This paradox provides a breeding ground for new populisms and other forms of nationalism and radicalism. COVID-19 pandemic globalisation Neo-Classical Liberal thinking mercantilist thinking national security economic sanctions...

... in connection with emerging nativist discourse, exploring how xenophobic racism has shaped and is shaped by nostalgic nationalism based on the sanitisation of the legacies of Empire and colonialism. Racism exclusionary nationalism populism colonialism ideology The 6th of January 2020 was a special day...

...Abstract Politics is ubiquitous in every crisis, and public health issues have always been weaponised to advance political mileage of leaders. This chapter first analyses the link between COVID-19 and populism in the Philippines and Malaysia. During the coronavirus pandemic, an exodus...

...Abstract Responding to the increased visibility of populist demagogues in the critical and cultural discourses of contemporary Western society, recent activity within the academy has sought to clarify, develop and (re)define populism as a phenomenon. Via analyses of Aliens ( Cameron, 1986...

...Abstract The author addresses the relationship between populism and authenticity in the contemporary era. The author argues that for populists, authenticity is more than an image-building strategy and instead is used strategically to maintain a powerful emotional connection with supporters...

... Breitbart conservatism populism Videos and photos captured by amateurs are considered citizen journalism when they concern news or issues of public interest ( Roberts, 2019 ). Authenticity is a key element in such videos and photos ( Kukkonen, 2014 ), and audiences may even perceive amateur content...

.... Generations Taiwan authenticity mediation unconventional politicians populism Introduction Recent research on the success of populist parties and politicians has noted how they are often perceived as authentic. In this chapter, we aim to contribute to these discussions in two novel ways. First, while...

.... New municipalism new public enterprise collaborative leadership populism globalism local public leadership This edited volume was imagined in a very different global setting from the one we are now in (March 2022). The dominant conversation was, at that time, summarised by the term COVID-19...

... (1992), now cautioned against populism as a direct threat to the ideals and the manifestation of Western liberal democracy ( Fukuyama, 2016 ). The Reagan legacy resulted in the “fifth column” within the Republican Party and a divided Union; while across the Atlantic, Brexit fomented by conservative...

...Abstract The aim of this chapter is to analyze the nationalism and populism as the driving forces of economic deglobalization processes and regionalism in Mexico. The analysis departs from the assumption that the economic deglobalization processes responds to a more complex dynamic forces created...

... are mostly firms having larger size, greater involvement into the British market and longer-term experience in that market. Brexit uncertainty populism post-Brexit arrangements regulatory void institutional agility Introduction Metaphorically speaking, events that happen but are completely...

... in recent decades and managed to pass large numbers of substantive reforms. This chapter considers how Danish minority governments manage to cope so well and whether polarisation and populism may challenge the solutions to this apparent paradox. The legislative bargaining and agreements (politiske...

...-19 debt era between pandemics multilatinas NDCs Paris Agreement populism turmoil One Development Formula Does Not Fit All: Heterogeneity of Past, Present and Futures amongst Latin American and Caribbean Countries For several decades scholars and analysts have been discussing the structural...