The Palgrave Handbook of Populism

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxviii

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2. Populism–Introduction to & Some Reflections on the Concept

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The New Age of Populism: Reapproaching a Diffuse Concept

      • Michael Oswald, Mario Schäfer, Elena Broda

      Pages 3-27

3. Theoretical Critique

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29

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   2. The Past and Present of American Populism

      • Anton Jäger

      Pages 31-47

   3. Populism Is Hegemony Is Politics? Ernesto Laclau’s Theory of Populism

      • Benjamin Arditi

      Pages 49-68

   4. “An Antipodean Populism? Winston Peters, New Zealand First, and the Problems of Misclassification”

      • David B. MacDonald

      Pages 69-83

   5. A Critique of Left-Wing Populism: Critical Materialist and Social-Psychological Perspectives

      • Helge Petersen, Hannah Hecker

      Pages 85-100

4. The Political Psychology of Populism & its Affective Underpinnings

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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   2. The Psychology of Populism

      • Darren G. Lilleker, Nathalie Weidhase

      Pages 103-114

   3. Emotional Mobilization: The Affective Underpinnings of Right-Wing Populist Party Support

      • Hans-Georg Betz, Michael Oswald

      Pages 115-143

   4. From Specific Worries to Generalized Anger: The Emotional Dynamics of Right-Wing Political Populism

      • Christoph Giang Nguyen, Mikko Salmela, Christian von Scheve

      Pages 145-160

5. Authoritarian Populism & Fascism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161

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   2. Fascism and Populism

      • Carlos de la Torre

      Pages 163-176

   3. Populism and Authoritarianism

      • Gabriella Gricius

      Pages 177-193

   4. Authoritarian Populism and Collective Memory Manipulation

      • Rafał Riedel

      Pages 195-211

   5. The (Almost) Forgotten Elitist Sources of Right-Wing Populism Kaltenbrunner, Höcke and the Distaste for the Masses

      • Phillip Becher

      Pages 213-224

6. Economic Populism, Inequality & Crises

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225

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   2. Populism and the Economics of Antitrust

      • Aurelien Portuese

      Pages 227-243

   3. The Red Herring of Economic Populism

      • Paris Aslanidis

      Pages 245-261

This handbook assesses the phenomenon of populism—a concept frequently belabored, but often misunderstood in politics. Rising populism presents one of the great challenges for liberal democracies, but despite the large body of research, the larger picture remains elusive. This volume seeks to understand the causes and workings of modern-day populism, and plumb the depths of the fears and frustrations of people who have forsaken established parties. Although the main focus of this volume is political science, there are more disciplines represented in order to get a whole picture of the debate. It is comprised of strong empirical and theoretical papers that also bear social relevance.

• populism
• democracy
• populist
• social movements
• anti-establishment
• Right-Wing populism
• left-wing populism
• Theory of Populism
• hegemony
• political history
• ideology
• liberal democracy
• global populism
• Elections
• Economic Populism
• corruption
• crisis
• mobilization
• government
• international politics

• Political Science, University of Passau, Passau, Germany

  Michael Oswald

​Michael Oswald is Assistant Professor of Politics at the University of Passau, Germany, and the author of Mobilization, Representation, and Responsiveness in the American Democracy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020).

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