Contestations of the liberal international order a populist script of regional cooperation Fredrik Söderbaum, Kilian Spandler and Agnese Pacciardi

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Söderbaum, Fredrik, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in international relations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International organization.

World politics--21st century.

World politics.

Populism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[Cambridge, United Kingdom] Cambridge University Press [2021]

Summary:

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 Orbán, former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, 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

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Contestations of the Liberal International Order: A Populist Script of Regional Cooperation

Contents

1 Introduction

2 The International Dimension of Populism

3 Framework

3.1 Research Approach and Conceptualisation

3.2 Populist Framings of Regional Cooperation

3.3 Institutional Preferences for Regional Cooperation

3.4 Methodology

4 Viktor Orbán

4.1 Frames

4.1.1 Illiberal Democracy

4.1.2 'Authentic Europe'

4.1.3 Europe as the Home of Nations

4.2 Institutional Preferences

4.2.1 Leader-Driven Intergovernmentalism

4.2.2 Symbols, Branding, and Mutual Legitimation

4.2.3 Selective Cooperation

5 Hugo Chávez

5.1 Frames

5.1.1 Anti-Imperialism

5.1.2 Nuestramérica

5.1.3 Regionalism for the People

5.2 Institutional Preferences

5.2.1 Presidentialism

5.2.2 Symbols, Propaganda, and 'Revolution'

5.2.3 Tactics and Cherry-Picking

6 Rodrigo Duterte

6.1 Frames

6.1.1 Anti-Cosmopolitanism

6.1.2 Philippine Nationalism and the ASEAN 'Family'

6.1.3 People-Oriented Community

6.2 Institutional Preferences

6.2.1 Regional Summitry and State Visits

6.2.2 Rituals and Trouble-Maker Diplomacy

6.2.3 Regionalising the Domestic Agenda

7 Comparison: Identifying a Populist Script of Regional Cooperation

7.1 Populist Framings of Regional Cooperation

7.2 Institutional Preferences

7.3 Summary

8 Implications for Research on the Contestation of the LIO

8.1 Thinking Beyond the LIO

8.2 Populist Legitimation and Delegitimation in GlobalGovernance

8.3 Problematising the Liberal-Populist Divide

9 Conclusion

References

Acknowledgements

Notes:

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 03, 2021)

Other Format:

Print version SOEDERBAUM, FREDRIK. SPANDLER, KILIAN. PACCIARDI, AGNESE. CONTESTATIONS OF THE LIBERAL INTERNATIONAL ORDER

ISBN:

9781009030915

1009030914

OCLC:

1254026557

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