2018
DOI: 10.1177/2057891118811953
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Populist hangover: Lessons from Southeast Asia

Abstract: This article explores the concept of “populist hangover” in the context of Southeast Asia. Its intention is to provide analysts of populism with a series of lessons derived from the Southeast Asian experience. “Populist hangover” is the notion that, though democrats bemoan the arrival of the populist due to the use of popular support to dismantle effective democratic institutions, the departure of the populist does not return the polity to its previous institutional standard. The primary reason for this is the… Show more

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“…Lastly, let us spend some time reflecting on David Matijasevich's (2020) thesis that the PAP is anti-populist; has increased its hegemony since the 'watershed' (N Tan, 2013: 640) 2011GE; and is not going to be replicable in other countries due to Singapore's small size (see also Ortmann and Thompson, 2016: 44 on this last point). I believe that a few comments are in order.…”
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“…Lastly, let us spend some time reflecting on David Matijasevich's (2020) thesis that the PAP is anti-populist; has increased its hegemony since the 'watershed' (N Tan, 2013: 640) 2011GE; and is not going to be replicable in other countries due to Singapore's small size (see also Ortmann and Thompson, 2016: 44 on this last point). I believe that a few comments are in order.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this article, I frame the discussion within the context of the Chinese-educated working-class 5 left wing (Buchanan, 1972: 215; Hua, 1983: 76; Matijasevich, 2020: 201; Trocki, 2006: 142), which was an important force in Singapore in the key years of the 1950s and 1960s until it was defeated by the moderate or ‘conservative-technocrat’ (Rahim, 2010: 11; Trocki, 2006: 130) faction of the ruling PAP, under the prime-ministership of Lee Kuan Yew, in the 1960s (Trocki, 2006: 186; Visscher, 2007: 105, 112, 142–143, 152–156). 6 After it lost political power inside the PAP, the Barisan Sosialis / Socialist Front was ‘narrow, weak, vulnerable and disunited’ (Chin, 2008: 72), and never as powerful as in the ‘united front’ days within the PAP.…”
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“…Once a leader comes into power through the democratic process, he or she could lead a country toward authoritarian rule that eventually removes populism as well as democracy (Urbinati, 2019). Besides that, Matijasevich (2018) argues that based on the Southeast Asian experiences of Singapore and Thailand, once a populist leader came to power, the removal of him or her would not guarantee a return to institutional democracy if the populist leader was not able to reduce polarization. Populism is, after all, based on a foundation of anti‐pluralism, that is, “the others” are illegitimate members of society.…”
Section: Populism Around the Worldmentioning
confidence: 99%