Populist rule is bad for democracy, yet in country after country, populists are being voted into
office. Populism and Patronage shows that the populists such as Indira Gandhi and …

Conceiving of populism as the charismatic mobilization of a mass movement in pursuit of
political power, this Element theorizes that populists thrive where ties between voters and …

Since the newly elected Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte took office in June 2016, more
than 7,000 deaths have been linked to his ongoing “war on drugs.” Despite international …

Populism is about populist publics as much as it is about populist leaders. Presently, they
are pejoratively represented in public and academic conversations. Populist voting is mostly …

Drawing on evidence from the Philippines, this paper investigates the so-called penal
populism thesis. Penal populism refers to an understanding of justice in which criminal and …

The Philippines has historically been known to have one of the most robust and politically
active civil societies in the world. With a deep affinity with democracy, civil society became a …

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed enormous governance deficits globally. Several
populist strongmen practiced “medical populism”–ignoring scientific advice, proffering …

Governments around the world have crafted new laws to threaten, arrest, prosecute and
incarcerate online political activists. While the primary effect of online repression is to silence …

Among contemporary illiberal populist leaders, only Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte
has instigated mass murder under the guise of a “war on drugs.” Attributed to “penal …

Why populations brutalized in war elect their tormentors One of the great puzzles of electoral
politics is how parties that commit mass atrocities in war often win the support of victimized …