Right Wing Populism In America

Author : Chip Berlet,Matthew N. Lyons
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781462528387

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Right-Wing Populism in America by Chip Berlet,Matthew N. Lyons Pdf

Right-wing militias and other antigovernment organizations have received heightened public attention since the Oklahoma City bombing. While such groups are often portrayed as marginal extremists, the values they espouse have influenced mainstream politics and culture far more than most Americans realize. This important volume offers an in-depth look at the historical roots and current landscape of right-wing populism in the United States. Illuminated is the potent combination of anti-elitist rhetoric, conspiracy theories, and ethnic scapegoating that has fueled many political movements from the colonial period to the present day. The book examines the Jacksonians, the Ku Klux Klan, and a host of Cold War nationalist cliques, and relates them to the evolution of contemporary electoral campaigns of Patrick Buchanan, the militancy of the Posse Comitatus and the Christian Identity movement, and an array of millennial sects. Combining vivid description and incisive analysis, Berlet and Lyons show how large numbers of disaffected Americans have embraced right-wing populism in a misguided attempt to challenge power relationships in U.S. society. Highlighted are the dangers these groups pose for the future of our political system and the hope of progressive social change. Winner--Outstanding Book Award, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America

Author : Lawrence Rosenthal
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781620975114

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Empire of Resentment by Lawrence Rosenthal Pdf

From a leading scholar on conservatism, the extraordinary chronicle of how the transformation of the American far right made the Trump presidency possible—and what it portends for the future Since Trump's victory and the UK's Brexit vote, much of the commentary on the populist epidemic has focused on the emergence of populism. But, Lawrence Rosenthal argues, what is happening globally is not the emergence but the transformation of right-wing populism. Rosenthal, the founder of UC Berkeley's Center for Right-Wing Studies, suggests right-wing populism is a protean force whose prime mover is the resentment felt toward perceived cultural elites, and whose abiding feature is its ideological flexibility, which now takes the form of xenophobic nationalism. In 2016, American right-wing populists migrated from the free marketeering Tea Party to Donald Trump's "hard hat," anti-immigrant, America-First nationalism. This was the most important single factor in Trump's electoral victory and it has been at work across the globe. In Italy, for example, the Northern League reinvented itself in 2018 as an all-Italy party, switching its fury from southerners to immigrants, and came to power. Rosenthal paints a vivid sociological, political, and psychological picture of the transnational quality of this movement, which is now in power in at least a dozen countries, creating a de facto Nationalist International. In America and abroad, the current mobilization of right-wing populism has given life to long marginalized threats like white supremacy. The future of democratic politics in the United States and abroad depends on whether the liberal and left parties have the political capacity to mobilize with a progressive agenda of their own.

Author : Gabriele Dietze,Julia Roth
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839449806

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Right-Wing Populism and Gender by Gabriele Dietze,Julia Roth Pdf

While research in right-wing populism has recently been blossoming, a systematic study of the intersection of right-wing populism and gender is still missing, even though gender issues are ubiquitous in discourses of the radical right ranging from »ethnosexism« against immigrants, to »anti-genderism.« This volume shows that the intersectionality of gender, race and class is constitutional for radical right discourse. From different European perspectives, the contributions investigate the ways in which gender is used as a meta-language, strategic tool and »affective bridge« for ordering and hierarchizing political objectives in the discourse of the diverse actors of the »right-wing complex.«

Author : Ruth Wodak,Brigitte Mral,Majid KhosraviNik
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781780932453

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Right-Wing Populism in Europe by Ruth Wodak,Brigitte Mral,Majid KhosraviNik Pdf

This volume offers a comparative survey of Far Right parties across Europe, examining in particular their changing political rhetoric. The contributors look at the development of two distinct forms of party development and discourse: The Haiderization and The Berlusconization model.

Author : Anthony W. Pereira
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000890297

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Right-Wing Populism in Latin America and Beyond by Anthony W. Pereira Pdf

With contributions from 22 scholars and empirical material from 29 countries within and beyond Latin America, this book identifies subtypes of populism to further understand right-wing populist movements, parties, leaders, and governments. It seeks to examine whether the term populism continues to have any validity and what relationship(s) it has to democracy. Part 1 is an exploration of populism as an analytical concept. It asks how populism can and should be defined; whether populism can be broken down into subtypes; and whether the use of the term within and beyond Latin America in recent scholarship has been consistent. Part 2 focuses on political economy, and specifically whether political economy explanations of both the causes and consequences of right-wing populism fit recent cases in Latin America, Europe, and the Philippines. Part 3 examines institutions, and in particular institutions of coercion and digital communication. It contains chapter studies on various aspects of populism in Brazil, Spain, India, and Italy. Part 4 concerns the coronavirus pandemic and the specific case of right-wing populism in Brazil. It examines the Bolsonaro government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, and how that response exacerbated the health crisis and reduced the government’s popularity. Right-Wing Populism in Latin America and Beyond is a timely and socially relevant contribution to the understanding of contemporary challenges to democracy. It will be of interest to scholars, students, and practitioners eager to understand the rise in right-wing agendas across the globe.

Author : Jens Rydgren
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1845452186

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From Tax Populism to Ethnic Nationalism by Jens Rydgren Pdf

During the last 15-20 years a new party family of radical right-wing populism (RRP) has emerged in Western Europe, consisting of parties such as the French Front National and the Austrian Freedom's Party, among many others. Contrary to the situation in the other Scandinavian countries, such parties have been largely unsuccessful in Sweden. Although Sweden saw the emergence of the populist party New Democracy - which partly can be classified as a RRP party - in the early 1990s, it collapsed in 1994, and no party has so far been successful enough to take its place. Most of the literature on populism and right-wing extremism deals with successful cases; this book takes the opposite direction and asks how one can explain the failure of Swedish radical right-wing populism.

Author : Marcia Pally
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000602180

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White Evangelicals and Right-Wing Populism by Marcia Pally Pdf

How did America’s white evangelicals, from often progressive history, come to right-wing populism? Addressing populism requires understanding how its historico-cultural roots ground present politics. How have the very qualities that contributed much to American vibrancy—an anti-authoritarian government-wariness and energetic community-building—turned, under conditions of distress, to defensive, us-them worldviews? Readers will gain an understanding of populism and of the socio-political and religious history from which populism draws its us-them policies and worldview. The book ponders the tragic cast of the white evangelical story: (i) the distorting effects of economic and way-of-life duress on the understanding of history and present circumstances and (ii) the tragedy of choosing us-them solutions to duress that won’t relieve it, leaving the duress in place. Readers will trace the trajectory from economic, status loss, and way-of-life duresses to solutions in populist, us-them binaries. They will explore the robust white evangelical contribution to civil society but also to racism, xenophobia, and sexism. White evangelicals not in the ranks of the right—their worldview and activism—are discussed in a final chapter. This book is valuable reading for students of political and social sciences as well as anyone interested in US politics.

Author : Óscar García Agustín
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781839092053

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Left-Wing Populism by Óscar García Agustín Pdf

This book conceptualizes left-wing populism as a combination of the populist impetus of expanding representation, through the appeal to 'the people' against 'the elites' and the agenda of the left to promote equality and social justice. This study undertakes an in-depth exploration into the concepts of sovereignty, class identity and 'the people'

Author : Cas Mudde,Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190234898

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Populism: A Very Short Introduction by Cas Mudde,Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser Pdf

Populism is a central concept in the current media debates about politics and elections. However, like most political buzzwords, the term often floats from one meaning to another, and both social scientists and journalists use it to denote diverse phenomena. What is populism really? Who are the populist leaders? And what is the relationship between populism and democracy? This book answers these questions in a simple and persuasive way, offering a swift guide to populism in theory and practice. Cas Mudde and Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser present populism as an ideology that divides society into two antagonistic camps, the "pure people" versus the "corrupt elite," and that privileges the general will of the people above all else. They illustrate the practical power of this ideology through a survey of representative populist movements of the modern era: European right-wing parties, left-wing presidents in Latin America, and the Tea Party movement in the United States. The authors delve into the ambivalent personalities of charismatic populist leaders such as Juan Domingo Péron, H. Ross Perot, Jean-Marie le Pen, Silvio Berlusconi, and Hugo Chávez. If the strong male leader embodies the mainstream form of populism, many resolute women, such as Eva Péron, Pauline Hanson, and Sarah Palin, have also succeeded in building a populist status, often by exploiting gendered notions of society. Although populism is ultimately part of democracy, populist movements constitute an increasing challenge to democratic politics. Comparing political trends across different countries, this compelling book debates what the long-term consequences of this challenge could be, as it turns the spotlight on the bewildering effect of populism on today's political and social life.

Author : Jan-Werner Müller
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812248982

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What Is Populism? by Jan-Werner Müller Pdf

"This work argues that at populism's core is a rejection of pluralism. Populists will always claim that they and they alone represent the people and their true interests. Müller also shows that, contrary to conventional wisdom, populists can govern on the basis of their claim to exclusive moral representation of the people: if populists have enough power, they will end up creating an authoritarian state that excludes all those not considered part of the proper 'people.' The book proposes a number of concrete strategies for how liberal democrats should best deal with populists and, in particular, how to counter their claims to speak exclusively for 'the silent majority' or 'the real people'"--Provided by the publisher.

Author : Levon Chorbajian,Daniel Egan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-03
Category : Equality
ISBN : 1138707090

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Power and Inequality by Levon Chorbajian,Daniel Egan Pdf

Successfully bringing together accessible readings that cover the broad range of issues of importance to those studying politics and society, this new edition of Power and Inequality provides a unique mix of theoretical and empirical pieces, such as state and electoral politics, that address both classic issues in political sociology as well as more recent developments, such as globalization. With strong integration of race and gender throughout, this collection offers a coherent analysis of power that reflects the contributions of a variety of critical perspectives, including Marxism, feminism, critical race theory, postmodernism, and power structure theory.

Author : Margaret Canovan
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036227457

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Populism by Margaret Canovan Pdf

Author : Leonard Weinberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351663656

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Fascism, Populism and American Democracy by Leonard Weinberg Pdf

Hard right-wing politics is growing in popularity in America, marked by Donald Trump’s success in the 2016 election, and it is worth questioning what this means for the American democratic system. This book seeks to explain the vulnerability of democracies to the appeal of right-wing politics through a contemporary case study of the US, and how democracies are possibly under threat from a conflict between popular attitudes and institutional paralysis. Various forms of American right-wing extremism are examined here, such as the alt-right, the radical right and the Religious right, but their perceived relevance to Trump’s victory is questioned. Even still, this book asks the question: can the far-right prevail under the American way?

Author : Cas Mudde
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351663380

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The Far Right in America by Cas Mudde Pdf

This book collects Mudde's old and new blog posts, interviews and op-eds on the topic of the US far right, ranging from right-wing populists to neo-Nazi terrorists. The main emphasis of the book is on the two most important far right developments of the 21st century, the Tea Party and Donald Trump. Primarily aimed at a non-academic audience,the book explains terminology, clarifies the key organizations and people and their relationship to (liberal) democracy.

Author : Hans-Georg Betz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1994-09-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349235476

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Radical Right-Wing Populism in Western Europe by Hans-Georg Betz Pdf

Studies the new West European parties of the radical populist right, arguing that, in distancing themselves from the reactionary politics of the traditional extremist right, these parties have become a significant challenge to the established structure and politics of West European democracy today.