Populists and the Pandemic: How Populists Around the World Responded to Covid-19 Ringe Nils
Populists and the Pandemic: How Populists Around the World Responded to Covid-19 Ringe Nils Populists and the Pandemic examines the responses of populist political actors and parties in 22 countries…
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Populists and the Pandemic: How Populists Around the World Responded to Covid-19 Ringe Nils
Populists and the Pandemic examines the responses of populist political actors and parties in 22 countries around the globe to the COVID-19 pandemic, in terms of their attitudes, rhetoric, mobilization repertoires, and policy proposals.The responses of some populist leaders have received much public attention, as they denied the severity of the public health crisis, denigrated experts and data, looked for scapegoats, encouraged protests, questioned the legitimacy of liberal institutions, spread false information, and fueled conspiracies. How much variation is there? But how widespread are those particular reactions?
This volume considers these questions through critical analysis of countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa, by leading experts with deep knowledge of their respective cases. What explains the variation that does exist? Some chapters focus on