Magnus Feldmann is currently a Senior Lecturer in Politics in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol. He has previously been a Research and Teaching Fellow at Harvard University and held visiting fellowships at Uppsala University and the Estonian Business School. He is a member of the editorial board of the journal Post-Communist Economies. His research focuses on political economy, business and politics, public policy and post-communist politics. His articles have appeared in a range of journals, including World Politics, Politics and Society, Comparative Political Studies and New Political Economy as well as various edited volumes.
Glenn Morgan is currently an Honorary Professor in the School of Management, University of Bristol. He has previously been Professor of Management at the School of Management, University of Bristol, Professor of International Management at Cardiff Business School and Professor of Organization Studies at Warwick Business School. He has been a visiting Professor at a number of institutions, including Copenhagen Business School where he was `Velux Visiting Professor 2014. He was President of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics in 2014-15 and Editor of the journal Organization from 2003-2008.

• Introduction


• 1: Business and Populism: The Political Economy of the 'Odd Couple'


• Country Studies


• 2: The Trump Phenomenon and Right Wing Extremism: Is Donald Trump a Populist?


• 3: Threats and Opportunities: the Populist Challenge to Business Elites in Trump's Administration


• 4: Brexit, Populism and Business: The Business Elite loses Control


• 5: Business Responses to Populism in Denmark


• 6: Italy: Populism and Business in a Stagnant Economy


• 7: Rent Seeking Business Elites and Populism in Poland and Hungary


• 8: Business Factions, Populists and the Social Blocs Perspective


• 9: India: Populism, Personalism and Economic Governance


• 10: Technocracy and Populism in the Philippines


• 11: Populist' Order and Progress': Authoritarianism and Economic Liberalism in Brazil


• Thematic Analyses


• 12: Right-Wing Populism Versus Climate Capitalism: Climate Change Governance Under Scrutiny


• 13: Business Associations and Right-Wing Populism


• 14: Populists in Power - The Impact on Interest Representation and Firm Level Non-Market Strategy


• 15: Populism and Trade


• 16: The Populism of Transnational Plutocrats


• Conclusion


• 17: Populism, Risk and Business: Present and Future Prospects

This book analyses the relationship between right-wing populism and business. There is little known about the effects a worldwide populist shift has had on business beyond the restriction of globalism and outsourcing while embracing capitalism and deregulation. How does business respond to populism? What impact will it have?