The Perils of Populism

201 Pages·2022·2.548 MB·English

by  Sarah Tobias, Arlene Stein (eds.)

The Perils of Pop u lism
The Feminist Bookshelf: Ideas for the 21st  Century
A Proj ect of the Institute for Research on Women at
Rutgers University
The Perils of Pop u lism
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Edited by Sarah Tobias and
Arlene Stein
Rutgers University Press
New Brunswick, Camden, and Newark, New Jersey, and London
Names: Tobias, Sarah, 1963– editor. | Stein, Arlene, editor.
Title: The perils of populism / edited by Sarah Tobias and Arlene Stein.
Description: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2022] |
Series: The feminist bookshelf: Ideas for the 21st century |
Includes  bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021055668 | ISBN 9781978825307 (paperback) |
ISBN 9781978825314 (hardback) | ISBN 9781978825321 (epub) |
ISBN 9781978825338 (mobi) | ISBN 9781978825345 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Populism. | Right and left (Political science) |
Authoritarianism. | Violence. | Feminist theory. | Marginality, Social
Classification: LCC JC423 .P36354 2022 | DDC 320.56/62—dc23/eng/20220327
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Contents
Introduction 1
sarah tobias and arlene stein
1.
Fragile Democracies in a Post- Truth Era 26
Khadijah Costley White, cynthia miller- idriss,
AND valentine m. moghadam
2.
Dispossession: Gender and the Construction
of Us / Them Dichotomies 55
sabine hark
3.
Ascetic Masculinity and Right- Wing Pop u lism
in Hindu Nationalist India 72
amrita basu
4.
Hegemony as Cap i tal ist Strategy:
For a Neo- Marxian Critique of Financialized
Capitalism 109
nancy fraser
5.
Feminism and the Anti- Trump Res is tance 131
l. a. kauffman
6.
Organ izing for Power: The Grassroots Strug gle
for Inclusive Democracy 149
heather booth, jyl josephson,
and scot nakagawa
vii
Acknowl edgments 173
Notes on Contributors 175
Index 185
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The Perils of Pop u lism