Righteous Demagogues: Populist Politics in South Asia and Beyond
Adnan Naseemullah
Reader (Professor) in International Politics
King's College London
Pradeep Chhibber
Professor and Indo-American Community Chair in India Studies
University of California, Berkeley
Susan Ostermann
Assistant Professor of Global Affairs, Keough School of Global Affairs
Kellogg Faculty Fellow
This panel presents the recent book Righteous Demagogues: Populist Politics in South Asia and Beyond by our guests Adnan Naseemullah and Pradeep Chhibber in a conversation moderated by Kellogg faculty fellow Susan Ostermann. The book looks at the causes, dynamics, and consequences of populist politics in South Asia and beyond. It argues that populist mobilizations are rooted in crises of representation, and populism is a symptom, not an underlying cause, of democratic malaise.
Cosponsored by the South Asia Working Group and the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies.
Comparative political scientist Adnan Naseemullah is a tenured Reader in International Politics at King's College London, previously with Johns Hopkins University and the London School of Economics. His research expertise lies in the political economy of national and international development; colonial state formation, violence, and political order; and populist politics, with specialization in South Asia. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Pradeep Chhibber is professor and Indo-American Community Chair in India Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has been on the faculty since 2000. His research studies the political parties, party systems, representation, and the politics of South Asia, and he has written several books and numerous articles on these subjects. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles.
