Has Populism Won?

Daniel Drache

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From Trumpian America to Putin's nationalist Russia, and from Poland to the Philippines, rapid change and rising inequality have fuelled a retreat into tribalist nationalism fed by a fear of being left behind. Populist leaders reach into this fear, using it as a lever to power with empty promises of looking out for the little person and promising a return to national greatness. This is happening in countries spread across the globe and the political spectrum, arising in the right and the left alike, and recently brought into harsh relief against Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine. So why are we so susceptible to this pernicious political style at this moment? How did we get here? And more importantly, will we get back to more even-handed governments? Filled with original research, political scientists Drache and Froese have written a chilling, compelling analysis of the rise of populism, and reveal what it will take to douse the flames. This is an essential read for anyone concerned a

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• Publié par: Ecw Press
• Date de parution: 03 novembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781778520563
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Has Populism Won?
The War on Liberal Democracy
Daniel Drache and Marc D. Froese





Contents Praise List of Figures and Tables Dedication Epigraphs Introduction: A Warning Tasting Victory The Populist Story: Three Unsolved Puzzles Turbulence Ahead Part I: The Big Lie Chapter 1: Welcome to the Revolution Populist Agency Digging into Nationalism and Nativism Weaponizing Populism Cultural Populism Socioeconomic Populism Antiestablishment Populism The Populist Club Iconic Left Populism A Profile of the Angry Populist Voter Chapter 2: The Big Lie Rallying the Tribe Populism’s Outsized Confidence The Inequality Squeeze The Rise of Extreme Speech The Anxiety of the Underclass Electoral Alchemy Mass Electoral Anger and Anti-Politics Authoritarianism in a Post-Truth Age Populism and Fascism Chapter 3: Charismatic Big Men and the Volk The Archetypes of Populist Leadership A Wide-angled Portrait of Populist Leaders The Unholy Trinity of Populism, Tribalism, and Religion A Portrait of the Populist Voter The Pivotal Role of the Low Information Voter The Populist Disruptors’ Deep Loyalties Big Money at Work A Welcome Mat for Conspiracy Theory Part II: The Insurgency Chapter 4: The Sovereignty Project An Old Idea Gets a Makeover Weaponizing Sovereignty Sovereignty in Principle and Practice The Story of Louis Napoleon National Identity Is Sticky Like Crazy Glue The Sovereignty Narrative in Russia The Sovereignty Narrative in Mexico Dumbing Down the Sovereignty Narrative Chapter 5: The Post-Liberal Order The Latest Diplomatic Dance The Sovereignty Orthodoxy The Return of the Nation-Centered System The Charge of the Trump Brigade When Bullies Triumph After the Liberal Order, a Nation-Centered System A New Era of Anti-Liberalism? The Paranoid Style of Global Politics Chapter 6: Pandemic Nationalism The Populists versus the Pandemic In a Pandemic, We’re All Losers The Deflection Game of False Narratives A Parade of Covid-Infected Leaders The Anti-Science Resisters India at the WTO Pandemic Nationalism Hyper-Individualism and Vaccine Freedom Chapter 7: Darkness at Noon The Antidemocratic Answer Four Hard Lessons the Global Insurgency Teaches Lesson One Lesson Two Lesson Three Lesson Four This Changes Everything The Revolt of the Masses Where Are We Now? Has Populism Won? Appendix I: The Anti-System Vote in Thirty-Six Countries, Including Far-Right Opposition Parties, 2015–2021 Appendix II: The Reelection Prospects of a Cross-Section of Populist Governments and Far-Right Opposition Parties North America United States Mexico Europe United Kingdom Poland Russia Hungary Netherlands Austria Slovenia Czech Republic Greece Ukraine The Ultra-Right European Opposition Germany Italy France Portugal Middle East Israel Turkey Asia Philippines India Central and South America Argentina Nicaragua Bolivia Venezuela Brazil Further Reading: Our Top Recommendations Endnotes Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Acknowledgments Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z About the Authors Copyright


Praise
“Many factors are propelling the populist wave rolling through political systems around the world. This compelling, erudite, and accessible volume clarifies them in comparative context and sets the stage for urgently needed responses. Drache and Froese provide a passionate and convincing warning of the dangers immediately ahead for all of us. If you only read one book this year on the turbulent politics of our time, this should be it.”
— Louis W. Pauly, J. Stefan Dupré Distinguished Professor of Political Economy, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto
“ Has Populism Won? The War on Liberal Democracy is brilliantly lucid in its account of the global upsurge of right-wing populism. Here, the fate of liberal democracy is analysed against a gathering storm of powerful right-wing populist movements, all motivated by the politics of grievance, all moving from country to country, continent to continent at the speed of (digital) light, and all bent on undermining, discrediting, and eliminating democratic discourse. In explicit detail and with great lucidity, Has Populism Won? explores the many different varieties of contemporary populism, their entanglements, and their likely political trajectories. A must-read for understanding twenty-first century politics.”
— Arthur Kroker, Professor Emeritus, University of Victoria
“Daniel Drache and Marc Froese have written an essential primer on modern populist authoritarianism. They unpack its origins, its internal dynamics, and its likely evolution, demonstrating why it poses a mortal threat to liberal democracy. We can’t defend the freedoms and institutions we treasure if we don’t accurately understand why they’re in danger. This book is a vital contribution to that defence.”
— Thomas Homer-Dixon, Director of the Cascade Institute, Royal Roads University, Victoria, British Columbia
“A fascinating and necessary look at ‘the anti-system vote’ around the world and what it means for the future of democracy. Populism, and the Ur-fascism it so often falls into, isn’t done with us yet.”
— Stephen Marche, author of The Next Civil War


List of Figures and Tables Figure 1: The Ascendance of Authoritarian Populist Governments Globally, 1990–2018 Figure 2: The Authoritarian Leaders Figure 3: The Dangerous Upsurge in Extreme Speech around the World, 1990–2016 Figure 4: The Archetypes of Populist Leadership Figure 5: The Global Vaccine Divide: The Advanced Economies versus “the Rest” Appendix I: The Anti-System Vote in Thirty-Six Countries, Including Far-Right Opposition Parties, 2015–2021


Dedication
For Marilyn and Charlotte, and Gina and Arabel, who have been immensely patient and always encouraging. Their constant support makes our work possible.


Epigraphs
Those who can make you believe absurdities,can make you commit atrocities.
Voltaire, Questions sur les miracles
Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
There is no sovereignty in solitude.
Mario Draghi, on becoming Italian prime minister in 2021


Introduction A Warning
Tasting Victory
It didn’t start with Donald Trump and it certainly won’t end with him. But he gave the global populist movement a blast of dark energy and launched it into the popular consciousness of people everywhere. While Trump didn’t invent conservative populism, he certainly grabbed onto a rising movement and rode it to electoral victory in 2016. He showed seventy million angry Americans how to win elections by being outrageous with a constant barrage of hate speech and lies designed to divide an already polarized electorate.
Undeniably, we have been here before. 1 When the old order runs out of steam, waiting in the wings of every society are the tarnished stars who crave a turn in the big chair. Today, populism is a worldwide phenomenon, growing, metastasizing, and reaching into every corner of modern politics. Our research shows that authoritarian opposition to world order today is a global movement of grievance and anger and must be understood as coming from many directions at once. There is no one-size-fits-all template for how authoritarian populists win and hold on to power. 2
A good example to recall is Silvio Berlusconi, an early avatar of the dark arts of hypocrisy and three-time Italian prime minister between 1994 and 2011. He was often ridiculed for his vanity, corruption, sex