The Routledge Handbook of Populism in the Asia Pacific by D. ... - 9780367748777

The Routledge Handbook of Populism in the Asia PacificAuthor(s): D. B. Subedi, Howard Brasted, Karin von Strokirch, Alan Scott\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge India\nISBN-13: 9780367748777, 978-0367748777\nSynopsis\nThis 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.\n\nThe essays in this volume consider:\n\ndiverse 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\nunder what social, polit.