In this podcast episode, we tackle a topic that is very present in our society and has a lot of ramifications. Populism per se has been present across the globe for decades now which resulted in multiple definitions and characteristics, methods and rhetorics, etc. creating disputes within academia. In this podcast, we discuss and compare the populist rhetoric used by Latin American leaders and/or parties with European leaders/parties, with the main focus on Brazil, Ecuador, and Estonia. For this, we interview Tallin University Professor Tõnis Saarts who is an expert in populism, political parties, and comparative politics. Our conversation centered around the different forms of populism, the definition surrounding this discussion, as well as the real-world ramifications of the populist rhetoric.
Our main references are:
Conniff, M. L. (2012). Populism in Latin America. [electronic resource] (2nd ed.). University Alabama Press.
Gherghina, S., Miscoiu, S., & Soare, S. (2013). Contemporary populism. [electronic resource] a controversial concept and its diverse forms. Cambridge Scholars Pub.
Mudde, C. (2012). Three decades of populist radical right parties in Western Europe: So what? European Journal of Political Research, 52(1), 1–19.
Mudde, C.; Kaltwasser, C. R. (2017). Populism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190234874.
Mudde, C., & Kaltwasser, C. R. (2018). Studying Populism in Comparative Perspective: Reflections on the Contemporary and Future Research Agenda. Comparative Political Studies, 51(13), 1667–1693.
van Kessel S. (2015) Populist Parties across Europe. In: Populist Parties in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137414113_2
