Righteous Demagogues

Adnan Naseemullah studies comparative politics, South Asian politics and political economy. His recent research has focused on the political economy of national development in the context of global integration and the causes and consequences of uneven state formation under colonial rule and post-colonial governance. He received a BA at Swarthmore College and an MA and PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. He has previously taught at the London School of Economics and the Johns Hopkins University, and is currently Reader in International Politics at King's College London.Pradeep Chhibber studies the politics of India, political parties and party systems. His recent research is on the influence of ideology on party system change, religion and politics, elections and parties, and the politics of development in India. He received an MA and an MPhil from the University of Delhi and a PhD from UCLA. He has previously taught at the Ohio State University and the University ofMichigan, and he is currently Professor of Political Science and the Indo-American Community Chair in India Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

• 1. Introduction2. Studying Populism in India and Pakistan3. The Foundations of the Moral Contract4. Post-Colonial Statism and Crises of Representation5. Reordering Populists of the Left6. Political Fragmentation, Liberalization and Crises of Representation 7. Additive Populists of the Right8. Populist Politics in Europe and Latin America9. Populist Politics in the United States10. Conclusion

This book is a valuable contribution, providing an analytically important account of the varieties of populism. In doing so, it casts new light on how democracies actually function, and the ways in which populism might deepen or hinder democracy.