This interdisciplinary volume offers new insights into the connections between populism and performance. As a driving force of the contemporary left, the populi

We are seeing the rise of a populist moment around the world on both the left and the right. Movements like Bernie Sander, Jeremy Corbyn, Alexandria Ocasio-Cort

While the right is harnessing populist rhetoric to great effect, the left's attempts have been much less successful. The Syriza government in Greece and Jeremy

Building on a comprehensive theoretical framework that draws on discursive and ideational approaches to populism, this volume offers a comparative mapping of th

This book re-evaluates the role of performance in global politics in the face of populism and the digital mediatisation of political interactions. As political