THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF POPULISM IN THE ASIA PACIFIC

This handbook brings national and thematic case studies together to examine a variety of populist politics from local and comparative perspectives in the Asia Pacific. The chapters consider key and cross cutting themes such as populism and nationalism, religion, ethnicity and gender, as well as authoritarianism. They show how populist politics alters the way governments mediate state-society relations.The essays in this volume consider: diverse approaches in populist politics, for example, post-colonial, strategic vs ideational, growth and redistribution, leadership styles, and in what ways they are similar to, or different from, populist discourses in Europe and the United States under what social, political, economic and structural conditions populist politics has emerged in the Asia-Pacific region national case studies drawn from South, East and Southeast Asia as well as the Pacific analyzing themes such as media, religion, gender, medical populism, corruption and cronyism, and inclusive vs exclusive forms of populist politics modes and techniques of social and political mobilization that populist politicians employ to influence people and their impact on the way democracy is conceived and practiced in the Asia Pacific As a systematic account of populist ideologies, strategies, leaders and trends in the Asia Pacific, this handbook is essential reading for scholars of area studies, especially in the Asia Pacific, politics and international relations, and political and social theory. This handbook brings national and thematic case studies together to examine a variety of populist politics from local and comparative perspectives in the Asia Pacific. The chapters consider key and cross cutting themes such as populism and nationalism, religion, ethnicity and gender, as well as authoritarianism. They show how populist politics alters the way governments mediate state-society relations., The essays in this volume consider diverse approaches in populist politics, for example, post-colonial, strategic vs ideational, growth and redistribution, leadership styles, and in what ways they are similar to, or different from, populist discourses in Europe and the United States under what social, political, economic and structural conditions populist politics has emerged in the Asia-Pacific region national case studies drawn from South, East and Southeast Asia as well as the Pacific analyzing themes such as media, religion, gender, medical populism, corruption and cronyism, and inclusive vs exclusive forms of populist politics modes and techniques of social and political mobilization that populist politicians employ to influence people and their impact on the way democracy is conceived and practiced in the Asia Pacific.As a systematic account of populist ideologies, strategies, leaders and trends in the Asia Pacific, this handbook is essential reading for scholars of area studies, especially in the Asia Pacific, politics and international relations, and political and social theory. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series 3 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of contributors 10 List of tables 16 List of figures 17 List of graphs 18 Acknowledgements 19 Part I Introduction 20 1 Populism’s shifting meanings and geographical diffusion 22 Part II Approaches and key issues 38 2 Populism, nationalism, and national identity in Asia 40 3 The strategic approach to populism 56 4 Between people power and state power: The ambivalence of populism in international relations 68 5 Growth, redistribution, and populism in Asia 84 6 The populist radical right, gendered enemy, and religion: Perspectives from South Asia since 2014 96 7 Charismatic leadership, leader democracy, and populism in Asia 108 Part III Cross-cutting themes 124 8 Populism, media, and communication in the Asia Pacific: A case study of Rodrigo Duterte and Pauline Hanson 126 9 Religion, secularism and populism in contemporary Asia 139 10 Islam and populism in the Asia Pacific 153 11 Medical populism in the Asia Pacific 168 Part IV National cases 180 12 ‘Inclusionary’ populism and democracy in India 182 13 From Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto to Imran Khan: A comparative analysis of populist leaders in Pakistan 195 14 Variants of populism in Bangladesh: Implications of charisma, clientelism, cronyism, and corruption 209 15 Gender, populism, and collective identity: A feminist analysis of the Maoist movement in Nepal 226 16 Contemporary Sri Lanka: Nationalism meets ‘soft populism’ 242 17 Islamic nationalism, populism, and democratization in the Maldives 259 18 Democracy icon or demagogue? Aung San Suu Kyi and authoritarian populism in Myanmar (Burma) 274 19 The Duterte phenomenon as authoritarian populism in the Philippines 289 20 Gender, media, and populism: The vilification of first lady Ani Yudhoyono in the Indonesian online news media 307 21 Weaponizing populism: How Thailand’s civil society went from anti-populism to anti-democracy campaigns 321 22 South Korea: Still the ‘politics of the vortex’? A historical analysis of party solidarities and populism 335 23 Patriotic songs and populism in Chinese politics 349 24 Taiwanese populism in the shadow of China 362 25 Populism in Japan: actors or institutions? 376 26 From populism to authoritarianism? The contemporary frame of politics in Australia 389 27 Man alone: Winston Peters and the populist tendency in New Zealand politics 402 28 Are Fiji’s two military strongmen populists? 415 Index 431 Democracy,in,Asia;,populist,politics;,Asia,Pacific,Politics;,Asia,Pacific;,India,China;,Populism,in,Asia Democracy in Asia,populist politics,Asia Pacific Politics,Asia Pacific,India China,Populism in Asia