Overview

Populism has fundamentally altered many aspects of world politics. As President Donald J. Trump’s recent threats to U.S. allies and his imposition of wide-ranging tariffs have made all too clear, “populist” leaders can have a major impact not just on domestic but also foreign policy. The first edition of Populism and Word Politics was the first book-length treatment of populism from an International Relations (IR) perspective. The second edition reflects the continuation and evolution of populism in world politics, and includes a new introduction, updated chapters and an additional contribution on populist security narratives. Written by leading experts in the field, the chapters in this volume explore the many ways populism and world politics intersect, including the importance of populist leadership and global media as well as populism’s impact on trade and the liberal international order. Presented in an accessible and clear style, this book is an essential resource for students and IR scholars, as well as practitioners seeking a deeper understanding of the phenomenon.

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Author:   Frank A. Stengel ,  David B. MacDonald ,  Dirk Nabers
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   Second Edition 2026
ISBN:  

9783032040749

ISBN 10:   3032040744
Pages:   406
Publication Date:   17 February 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: Analyzing the Nexus Between Populism and International Relations.- Chapter 2: Populism Beyond the Nation.- Chapter 3: How to Become a Leader: Identifying Global Scripts for Populist Leadership.- Chapter 4: Populism and contemporary global media: populist communication logics and the co-construction of transnational identities.- Chapter 5: Studying Populist Security Narratives: An Analytical Framework.- Chapter 6: Sedimented Practices in Trump’s Foreign Policy.- Chapter 7: The Populist Radical Right Goes Canadian: An Analysis of Kellie Leitch’s Failed 2016-2017 Conservative Party of Canada Leadership Campaign.- Chapter 8: Populists and Foreign Policy: Evidence from Latin America.- Chapter 9: Making (Latin) America Great Again:  Lessons from Populist Foreign Policies in the Americas.- Chapter 10: “Three Decades of New Zealand First: A Balancing Act Between Populism and Pluralism”.- Chapter 11: Conceptualizing the Links Between Populism, Nationalism and Foreign Policy: How Modi Constructed a Nationalist, Anti-establishment Electoral Coalition in India.- Chapter 12: The Liberal International Order and its Populist Radical Right Adversaries in Russia, UK and USA.- Chapter 13: The global rise of populism as a socio-material phenomenon: a material-discursive entanglements in the construction of genetically modified organisms in the European Union.- Chapter 14: From Moment to Movement: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Populist Turn in U.S. Trade Politics.- Chapter 15: Conclusion: Populism, Foreign Policy and World Politics.

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Frank A. Stengel is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Kiel University and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Gobal Public Policy Institute in Berlin. David B. MacDonald is Professor of Political Science at the University of Guelph, Canada, and an honorary academic at the University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Dirk Nabers is Professor of International Political Sociology at Kiel University, Germany.

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