TY - BOOK
T1 - Contemporary US populism in comparative perspective
AU - Hawkins, Kirk
AU - Littvay, Levente
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Kirk Hawkins and Levente Littvay 2019.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - With the victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 United States presidential election, populists have come to power in the US for the first time in many years. However, US political scientists have been flat-footed in their response, failing to anticipate or measure populism's impact on the campaign or to offer useful policy responses. In contrast, populism has long been an important topic of study for political scientists studying other regions, especially Latin America and Europe. The conceptual and theoretical insights of comparativist scholars can benefit Americanists, and applying their techniques can help US scholars and policymakers place events in perspective.
AB - With the victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 United States presidential election, populists have come to power in the US for the first time in many years. However, US political scientists have been flat-footed in their response, failing to anticipate or measure populism's impact on the campaign or to offer useful policy responses. In contrast, populism has long been an important topic of study for political scientists studying other regions, especially Latin America and Europe. The conceptual and theoretical insights of comparativist scholars can benefit Americanists, and applying their techniques can help US scholars and policymakers place events in perspective.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85072065055&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/9781108644655
DO - 10.1017/9781108644655
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:85072065055
SN - 9781108456821
T3 - Cambridge elements: Elements in American politics
BT - Contemporary US populism in comparative perspective
PB - Cambridge University Press
ER -