- The Oxford Handbook of Populism
- Preface
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Populism: An Overview of the Concept and the State of the Art
- Populism: An Ideational Approach
- Populism: A Political-Strategic Approach
- Populism: A Socio-Cultural Approach
- Populism in Africa
- Populism in Australia and New Zealand
- Populism in Central and Eastern Europe
- Populism in East Asia
- Populism in India
- Populism in Latin America
- Populism in the Post-Soviet States
- Populism in the United States
- Populism in Western Europe
- Populism and Its Causes
- Populism and Political Parties
- Populism and Social Movements
- Populism and Technocracy
- Populism and Nationalism
- Populism and Fascism
- Populism and Foreign Policy
- Populism and Identification
- Populism and Gender
- Populism and Religion
- Populism and the Media
- Populism and the Question of How to Respond to It
- Populism and the History of Popular Sovereignty
- Populism and Hegemony
- Populism as a Threat to Liberal Democracy
- Populism and the Principle of Majority
- Populism and Constitutionalism
- Populism and the Idea of The People
- Populism and Praxis
- Populism and Cosmopolitanism
- Populism in the Socialist Imagination
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
This chapter discusses relations between populism, identity, and identification, defining populism as a mode of political identification that constructs and gives meaning to “the people” as a political actor. It critically adopts a discursive approach to populism represented, among others, by the works of Ernesto Laclau, as well as the socio-cultural approach of Pierre Ostiguy, in order to show how populist identities are created and how populist interventions shape politics differently in different political contexts. It argues that political identities are complex, relational, and incomplete, challenging binary classifications of political actors as either populists or not, and introducing the notion of populist interventions as a political appeal to be used alongside other political appeals. The notion of incomplete and permanently dislocated institutions is then used to show how populist interventions can be employed in highly institutionalized political settings to change the boundaries of what is sayable and hence doable in a given political order.
Keywords: populism, identity, identification, the people, populist interventions
Francisco Panizza, Professor of Latin American and Comparative Politics, Department of Government, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
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- The Oxford Handbook of Populism
- Preface
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Populism: An Overview of the Concept and the State of the Art
- Populism: An Ideational Approach
- Populism: A Political-Strategic Approach
- Populism: A Socio-Cultural Approach
- Populism in Africa
- Populism in Australia and New Zealand
- Populism in Central and Eastern Europe
- Populism in East Asia
- Populism in India
- Populism in Latin America
- Populism in the Post-Soviet States
- Populism in the United States
- Populism in Western Europe
- Populism and Its Causes
- Populism and Political Parties
- Populism and Social Movements
- Populism and Technocracy
- Populism and Nationalism
- Populism and Fascism
- Populism and Foreign Policy
- Populism and Identification
- Populism and Gender
- Populism and Religion
- Populism and the Media
- Populism and the Question of How to Respond to It
- Populism and the History of Popular Sovereignty
- Populism and Hegemony
- Populism as a Threat to Liberal Democracy
- Populism and the Principle of Majority
- Populism and Constitutionalism
- Populism and the Idea of The People
- Populism and Praxis
- Populism and Cosmopolitanism
- Populism in the Socialist Imagination
- Index
