- 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 provides an overview of populism in Australia and New Zealand, and argues that “antipodean populism” should be understood as a distinct regional subtype of populism. Contending that populism in Australia and New Zealand is best conceptualized as a cultural-relational style, it traces the historical precedents of populism in each country and summarizes their key contemporary cases, including those of Pauline Hanson, Bob Katter, Clive Palmer, Jacqui Lambie, and Winston Peters. It then explains the institutional and political factors that have both helped and hindered populism in the region. Finally, it shows that antipodean populism mixes the general ethno-exclusivism and nativism of Western European populism with the more producerist and protectionist aspects of North American populism, although demonstrating that it is additionally informed by the important context of both Australia and New Zealand’s status as isolated settler colonial states and the fact that populism is relatively “mainstream” in the region.
Keywords: populism, Australia, New Zealand, political parties, antipodes, nativism, immigration, producerism, multiculturalism, colonialism
Benjamin Moffitt, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden
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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
