The Routledge Handbook of Populism in the Asia Pacific

This handbook examines populist politics in the Asia Pacific from local and comparative perspectives, exploring themes such as nationalism, religion, ethnicity, and gender. It highlights how populist politics alters state-society relations and provides case studies from South, East, and Southeast Asia and the Pacific. It is an essential resource for scholars of area studies, politics, international relations, and political and social theory.

Format: Hardback
Length: 426 pages
Publication date: 29 September 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive handbook brings together national and thematic case studies to explore a wide range of populist politics from local and comparative perspectives in the Asia Pacific region. The chapters delve into key and cross-cutting themes such as populism and nationalism, religion, ethnicity and gender, as well as authoritarianism. Through insightful analysis, the chapters demonstrate how populist politics reshape the dynamics between governments and societies.

The essays in this volume offer diverse approaches to populist politics, encompassing post-colonial, strategic versus ideational, growth and redistribution, leadership styles, and the unique characteristics of populist discourses in the Asia-Pacific region. National case studies drawn from South, East, and Southeast Asia, as well as the Pacific, examine themes such as media, religion, gender, medical populism, corruption and cronyism, and inclusive versus exclusive forms of populist politics.

Furthermore, the handbook explores the modes and techniques of social and political mobilization employed by populist politicians to influence people and their impact on the conception and practice of democracy in the Asia Pacific. As a systematic account of populist ideologies, strategies, leaders, and trends in the Asia Pacific, this handbook is an essential resource for scholars of area studies, particularly in the Asia Pacific, politics, international relations, and political and social theory.

By examining populist politics through a regional lens, this handbook provides valuable insights into the complex dynamics shaping political landscapes across the Asia Pacific. It sheds light on the challenges and opportunities posed by populist movements and contributes to our understanding of the evolving political landscape in the region.

Weight: 980g
Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367701857