This ground-breaking textbook describes and explains the global manifestations of populism. It reviews controversies about its relationships with democracy in the distinct and interrelated histories of the Americas, Asia, and Europe.

1. Who is Afraid of Populism? 2. What Do We Mean by Populism? 3. Latin America 4. The United States 5. Europe 6. Southeast Asia 7. Fascism and Populism 8. Populism and Democratization 9. National and Transnational Populisms 10. Populism and Religion 11. Populism and the Media 12. Conclusions

Carlos de la Torre is Professor and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida. He has a Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research. He has been a fellow at the Simon Guggenheim Foundation, and the Woodrow Wilson Centre for Scholars. He is the author of Populisms: A Quick Immersion, and Populist Seduction in Latin America. He is the editor of Routledge Handbook of Global Populism, The Promise and Perils of Populism, Latin American Populism of the Twenty First Century (co-edited with Cynthia Arnson). He has taught courses on populism at graduate and undergraduate levels.

Treethep Srisa-nga holds a Master's in Latin American Studies from the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida. He earned his BA in Spanish (First Class Honors) from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, and was a journalist at Spanish news agency Agencia EFE's Asia-Pacific regional office. His research interests include comparative populism, democratization, and authoritarianism, with a regional focus on Southeast Asia and Latin America.