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| Subject: Why is the world embracing right wing politics? Tue Jan 21, 2020 9:32 pm | |
| In 2019, Modi’s re-election in India alongside Bolsonaro in Brazil added to the growing list of right-wing populist leaders around the world. With Trump serving as the president of the United States, Israel’s Netanyahu becoming the country’s longest-serving prime minister and a resurgent European far-right, the rise of populist strongmen as leaders in several countries has become a subject of intense scrutiny especially focused on why these changes are taking place. In order to understand the issue at hand, I shall look at studies from the 90s to the 2000s, which will also be complemented by current research and then applied to political currents of different countries in order to understand the mechanism that has led to the rise of right-wing nationalist parties. However, before we move on, it is important to define populism. ‘Populism’ is the untrammelled will of the majority of the people put into policy. It is portrayed as anti-elitist and seeks to give voice to the ‘common man.’ Professor Bernt Hagtvet, a noted scholar in this field states its link with nationalism: - Quote :
- “Right-wing groups tend to perceive nations as unequal. They rank nations by worth, placing theirs on top. They insist on the excellence of their own nations, they emphasise its history as particularly glorious, they include allusions to its past in their political discourse.”
https://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/93205/why-is-the-world-embracing-right-wing-politics/ |
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