The Authoritarian Divide : Populism, Propaganda, and Polarization
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| Title: | The Authoritarian Divide : Populism, Propaganda, and Polarization |
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| Description: | In the context of the global decline of democracy, The Authoritarian Divide analyzes the tactics that populist leaders in Turkey, Venezuela, and Ecuador have used to polarize their countries.Political polarization is traditionally viewed as the result of competing left/right ideologies. In The Authoritarian Divide, Orçun Selçuk argues that, regardless of ideology, polarization is driven by dominant populist leaders who deliberately divide constituents by cultivating a dichotomy of inclusion and exclusion. This practice, known as affective leader polarization, stymies compromise and undermines the democratic process.Drawing on multiple qualitative and quantitative methodologies for support, as well as content from propaganda media such as public speeches, Muhtar Meetings, Aló Presidente, and Enlace Ciudadano, Selçuk details and analyzes the tactics used by three well-known populist leaders to fuel affective leader polarization: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey, Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, and Rafael Correa in Ecuador. Selçuk's work provides a rubric for a better understanding of—and potential defense against—the rise in polarizing populism across the globe. |
| Authors: | Orçun Selçuk |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Populism in mass media, Propaganda, Authoritarianism, Populism |
| Categories: | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | In the context of the global decline of democracy, The Authoritarian Divide analyzes the tactics that populist leaders in Turkey, Venezuela, and Ecuador have used to polarize their countries.Political polarization is traditionally viewed as the result of competing left/right ideologies. In The Authoritarian Divide, Orçun Selçuk argues that, regardless of ideology, polarization is driven by dominant populist leaders who deliberately divide constituents by cultivating a dichotomy of inclusion and exclusion. This practice, known as affective leader polarization, stymies compromise and undermines the democratic process.Drawing on multiple qualitative and quantitative methodologies for support, as well as content from propaganda media such as public speeches, Muhtar Meetings, Aló Presidente, and Enlace Ciudadano, Selçuk details and analyzes the tactics used by three well-known populist leaders to fuel affective leader polarization: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey, Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, and Rafael Correa in Ecuador. Selçuk's work provides a rubric for a better understanding of—and potential defense against—the rise in polarizing populism across the globe. |
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| ISBN: | 9780268208073 9780268208080 9780268208066 |
