John Agnew, Michael Shin

Mapping Populism (eBook, ePUB)

Taking Politics to the People

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Brexit. Trump. LePen. The Five Star Movement. The recent success of populist movements and politicians is extraordinary, though the rise of populism is understandable in light of increasing political polarization, disappointing politicians, and exhausting election campaigns. With the future trajectory of democracy uncertain, two important questions remain unanswered. How did we get here? And why did we get here? Exploring how and why populism succeeded, John Agnew and Michael Shin consider the reasons for the Brexit vote, who voted-and who did not vote -for Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen, and the rise of an Italian populist government, Through comparative geographical analyses, the authors literally and figuratively map the rise of populism across the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Italy. Geography tells us who the people are who have supported populism and the limits and possibilities of its claim to represent all of "the people," wherever they are. Organized around recurring central themes of turnout, leadership, and media, and using compelling maps, their book encourages thought and discussion on an increasingly important topic-and on the future of democracy itself. For additional materials and a corrected version of Figure 2.1, visit https://mappingpopulism.com/.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538124031
• Artikelnr.: 56874591

Autorenporträt

John Agnew is Distinguished Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. A native of Cumbria in England, he has taught at a number of US, Canadian, and European universities. A Fellow of the British Academy, in 2019 he received the Vautrin Lud Prize, the highest academic award for the field of geography. As well as being the founding editor of Territory, Politics, Governance, he is on numerous editorial boards including the Review of International Political Economy, International Political Sociology, and the European Journal of International Relations. For 2008-9 he was President of the American Association of Geographers and he is currently President of the Regional Studies Association. He is the author of numerous books including Hegemony: The New Shape of Global Power (2005), Globalization and Sovereignty: Beyond the Territorial Trap (2017), and Mapping Populism: Taking Politics to the People (with M. Shin 2019).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Maps
Preface
1 Introduction: The "Wave" of Populism
2 Mapping Populism
3 Should We Stay or Should We Go? European Immigration, Globalization, and
Brexit
4 Reality Bites: The Unexpected Victory of Donald Trump
5 Two Steps Forward, One Step Back? Marine Le Pen and the National Front in
France
6 When in Rome . . . Populism and the Five Star Movement in Italy
7 Conclusion
References
Index