
Contestations of the Liberal International Order
A Populist Script of Regional Cooperation
Cambridge University Press
Published on 23. September 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
90 pages
978-1-009-01597-4 (ISBN)
Description
A seemingly never-ending stream of observers claims that the populist emphasis on nationalism, identity, and popular sovereignty undermines international collaboration and contributes to the crisis of the Liberal International Order (LIO). Why, then, do populist governments continue to engage in regional and international institutions? This Element unpacks the counter-intuitive inclination towards institutional cooperation in populist foreign policy and discusses its implications for the LIO. Straddling Western and non-Western contexts, it compares the regional cooperation strategies of populist leaders from three continents: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The study identifies an emerging populist 'script' of regional cooperation based on notions of popular sovereignty. By embedding regional cooperation in their political strategies, populist leaders are able to contest the LIO and established international organisations without having to revert to unilateral nationalism.
Reviews / Votes
'This short book is ... essential to understanding how populist leaders pursue regional multilateralism, the fundamental elements of their cosmologies and the normative implications there of.' Filippo Costa Buranelli, International AffairsMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
132 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-009-01597-4 (9781009015974)
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Fredrik Soederbaum | Kilian Spandler | Agnese Pacciardi
Contestations of the Liberal International Order
A Populist Script of Regional Cooperation
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09/2021
Cambridge University Press
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FREDRIK SODERBAUM
Contestations of the Liberal International Order
A Populist Script of Regional Cooperation
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06/2021
Cambridge University Press
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Content
1. Introduction; 2. The international dimension of populism; 3. Framework; 4. Viktor Orban; 5. Hugo Chavez; 6. Rodrigo Duterte; 7. Comparison: identifying a populist script of regional cooperation; 8. Implications for research on the contestation of the LIO; 9. Conclusion; References.