- 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
Based on a strict interpretation of the ideological definition of populism, this chapter argues that populist politicians are a rare breed in the electoral democracies of Northeast and Southeast Asia. In fact, multiparty politics have only thrown up three true cases of populism in the past: Joseph Estrada in the Philippines, Thaksin Shinawatra in Thailand, and Prabowo Subianto in Indonesia. Through the analytical framework of discursive institutionalism, the chapter explains the general absence of populist politicians by highlighting the distinctiveness of East Asia as an ideological setting. Specifically, the ideational context that is East Asia does not provide broader frameworks that would allow politicians to draw a moral distinction between “the people” and “the elite” in ways that are meaningful to voters.
Keywords: populism, democracy, elections, ideology, Joseph Estrada, Thaksin Shinawatra, Prabowo Subianto, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia
Olli Hellmann, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Department of Politics, University of Sussex, 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
