Righteous Demagogues: Populist Politics in South Asia and Beyond

by Adnan Naseemullah and Pradeep Chhibber

Righteous Demagogues explores the causes, dynamics, and consequences of populist politics in South Asia and beyond. It argues that populist mobilizations are rooted in crises of representation, and populism is a symptom not an underlying cause of democratic malaise. Populist leaders, in framing their appeals, evoke the moral contract--that states are obligated to redress certain types of inequality--and promise its restoration, in ways that resonate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197756921
• ISBN13: 9780197756928
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages