Recent years have seen a disturbing advance in populist and authoritarian styles of rule and, in response, a rise in popular activism. Strongmen, especially since the advent of fascism, have formed their base of power in popular acclaim. But what power do the people have in checking the rise of tyranny? In this book an international team of experts representing several academic disciplines examines the power relationship between peoples and their rulers. It is among the first to study this globally as a problem of nation states. From populism in 19th-century Latin America to eastern Europe since the collapse of communism, to the Arab Spring and contemporary Russia and China, the cases in this book span five continents and twelve nations. Taken together, they reveal how different forms of popular opposition have succeeded or failed in unseating authoritarian regimes and expose the tactics and strategies used by regimes to repress people power and create an image of popular support. Analysing the causes and consequence of the global advance of authoritarianism, The Power of Populism and the People offers a historical comparison of popular protest, opposition and crises over the last century to the recent rise of populist leaders.

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Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic

Year

2021

ISBN

9781350202016

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Topic

Storia

Subtopic

Storia mondiale

Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgements
Contributors and Editors
Introduction: Authoritarianism like liberal democracy is the work of the people
Chapter 1: Civil resistance versus authoritarian rule: The Arab Spring and beyond
Chapter 8: Civil society as a threat to democracy
Chapter 2: The Arab uprisings and people’s power: Romantic views and hard realities
Chapter 3: ‘Maidans’ and movements: Legacies, innovations and contention in independent Ukraine
Chapter 4: Paradoxes of reform: Protest, progress and polarization in Malaysia
Chapter 5: People power in Putin’s Russia: Social versus political protests
Chapter 6: How the party-state harnessed people power in China
Chapter 7: Caught between Kemalist and Islamist authoritarianisms: The masses as auxiliary power in Turkey, 1923 to present ⤀
Chapter 9: 1989 inverted: Transformative authoritarian memory and the rise of populism in Poland and Hungary
Chapter 10: Protesting democracy in Africa: Popular movements and political transformation
Chapter 11: Populism in Latin America as global history
Chapter 12: Why Trump is not the problem
Index