The Age of Discontent: Populism, Extremism, and Conspiracy Theories in Contemporary Democracies

ISBN-13: 9781009279390 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 300 str.

Idaho) Utych Stephen (Boise State University

Opis

Examines how emotions caused by economic crises inflame racial, ethnic, and regional tensions, consequently promoting populism, extremism, and conspiracy theories.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Left behind vs. backlash: economic and cultural theories of democratic discontent; 3. Affective political economy: the economic origins of democratic discontent; 4. Affective political economy and political discontent: an experimental analysis; 5. Frozen parties, failing markets: discontent in the United States and United Kingdom; 6. Austerity, regionalism and dueling populisms in Spain; 7. Corruption, populism and contentious politics in Brazil and Chile; 8. The dogs that did not bark: how Canada, Portugal and Uruguay avoided discontent; 9. Populism in power: polarization, charismatic attachment and conspiracy theories in Trump's America; 10. Conclusions: is neoliberal democracy sustainable?