Contemporary US Populism in Comparative Perspective (Elements in American Politics)

Hawkins, Kirk

ISBN 10: 1108456820 / ISBN 13: 9781108456821

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Contemporary US Populism in Comparative Perspective (Elements in American Politics)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108456820
• ISBN 13: 9781108456821
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

With the victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 United States presidential election, populists have come to power in the US for the first time in many years. However, US political scientists have been flat-footed in their response, failing to anticipate or measure populism's impact on the campaign or to offer useful policy responses. In contrast, populism has long been an important topic of study for political scientists studying other regions, especially Latin America and Europe. The conceptual and theoretical insights of comparativist scholars can benefit Americanists, and applying their techniques can help US scholars and policymakers place events in perspective.

About the Authors

Kirk Hawkins studies populism and Latin American politics. He wrote Venezuela's Chavismo and Populism in Comparative Perspective (Cambridge, 2010), co-authored Latin American Party Systems (Cambridge, 2010), and co-edited The Ideational Approach to Populism: Concept, Theory, and Analysis (2019). He currently directs Team Populism.

Levente Littvay researches the psychology of populism, survey and quantitative methodology. He is an academic co-convener of the European Consortium for Political Research Methods Schools, and Team Populism's head of Team Survey.