populism Flashcards
Trump’s speech- populist sentiment
jan 2021 “you will never take back our country with weakness” and he encouraged people to head to the capitol to object the certification of 2020 election results
May 2020 Trump tweet
‘the only good democrat is a dead democrat
anti-est economic left party in Czechia
KSCM
‘new left’ party in Czechia
Razem
KSCM’s focal groups in Czechia
classical socialist interest based politicis - focused on particular occupational groups
ANO Czechia party on the ecnomic right - appeal
avoided people-centrism and instead opted for particular social gorups- ‘single parents, employers, seniors and school graduates’
Razem’s populist calls
citizen empowerment and ‘real popular control’
SA schooling
80% of schools described as dysfunctional and 11% gain a pass good enough for university entrance
type of government that has governed SA
Constitutitionalism - institutionalised since 1994
non-maj mechanism that places fundamental rights out of the reach of the population
Mbeki’s government denounces protests
conscious attempt in school to create loyalty to the flag, anthem and other national symbols
Currency invalidated by Modi in India
80% overnight
new citizenship law in India under Modi
reduced nationalisation prospects for muslim immigrants and was justified by HINDUTVA- equated hinduism to national identity and made interfaith marriage illegitimate and conversion strategies were used on Muslims
Jewish settler parliamentary representation in the West bank
double the proportion of citizens they made up which was 4.6%
welfare in state in West bank for Jewish settlers
housing subsidies, public education, and support for settler organisations
2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey
Erogdan used this to launch a state of emergency in which he advanced clientilistic economic strategy- appropriated 1k schools, companies and hospitals owned by Fethullah Gullen and labelled it a terrorist organisation
sold seized businesses to AKP loyalists
2018 demanded gold and foreign currency be converted into Turkish Lira to improve its standing against the dollar