Asian Populisms in a Comparative Mirror

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

Asia has received far less attention from scholars of populism than other regions, particularly Latin America and Europe, and more recently the United States. But it isclear that some of the key themes of populism -- anti-elitism, fiscal redistribution for the masses or anti-minority tendencies, a distrust of non-elected institutions of executive oversight including the Constitution and courts, a penchant for vigilantism, etc. -- are also evident in Asian politics. These papers, concentrating on East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, explore the varieties and roots of populism in its Asian theater and draw comparison with the mainstream of populism literature.

Sub Unit

• Theme Panel

Individual Presentations

• Nation-Status: How Nationalist Anxieties Fuel Asian Populisms - Iza Ding, University of Pittsburgh; Dan Slater, University of Michigan

• Fanning Fears: Populism and the Rise of Mob Violence in Asian Democracies - Sana Jaffrey, University of Chicago

• When is Nationalism not Populist? Evidence from South Asia” - Prerna Singh, Brown University

• Varieties of Populism in India: Concepts and Correlates - Ashutosh Varshney, Brown University; Srikrishna Ayyangar, Azim Premji University

Chair

• Steven Brooke University of Wisconsin- Madison

Discussants

• Steven Levitsky Harvard University

• Stathis N. Kalyvas Yale University