'Inclusionary' populism and democracy in India

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Kenny, Paul David. (2024). 'Inclusionary' populism and democracy in India. In The Routledge Handbook of Populism in the Asia Pacific pp. 163-175 Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003160014-16
AuthorsKenny, Paul David
Abstract

Recent research has suggested that populist movements belong to one of two types: exclusionary and inclusionary. The former is almost universally viewed as threatening to immigrants and minorities, and hence to democracy itself. Inclusionary or left-wing populism poses much greater analytical problems, with scholarship divided on whether it poses a similar danger to democracy. Drawing on a comparative analysis of the Indian experience with Indira Gandhi’s inclusionary populism in the 1970s and the exclusionary populism of the Hindu nationalist movement today, this chapter argues that part of the explanation for this ambiguity is the problematic characterization of populist movements according to a single master cleavage. Comparative evidence indicates that variation in populist movement institutionalization is a better guide to how populists are likely to behave in power than is variation in populist discourse.

KeywordsArea Studies; Politics; International Relations
Page range163-175
Year01 Jan 2024
Book titleThe Routledge Handbook of Populism in the Asia Pacific
PublisherRoutledge
Place of publicationUnited States
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ISBN9780367701857
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003160014-16
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Deposited26 Aug 2024
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