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Contemporary Populists in PowerWe Are on the Same Page: The Curious Case of Imran Khan’s Populism in Pakistan

Contemporary Populists in Power: We Are on the Same Page: The Curious Case of Imran Khan’s... [In this chapter, I analyze the case of Imran Khan of Pakistan as an example of a quintessential right-wing nationalist-populist who instrumentalized the discourse of change with an aggressive anti-corruption crusade to rise to power in 2018. I look at the almost three years of the PTI in power which exhibit a linear pattern of populist rule sans power and performance. Tracing the trajectory of populist rise in Pakistan, I also examine the early years of Khan’s politics which neatly fit the profile of a populist with his incessant reliance on an anti-corruption narrative in a quest to challenge the dominance of the two leading parties of Pakistan, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Peoples Party. Imran Khan’s ascent to power heralded a process of deepening the authoritarian strains in Pakistan’s politics through military oversight of civilian policy-making, repression of opposition in the framework of corruption–accountability nexus and heavy crackdown on media. Tracing the democratic backsliding, I argue that the absence of credible governance and performance compelled the PTI government to resort to authoritarian measures. I examine the abysmal performance of the Khan government and analyze the first major challenge in the form of the Pakistan Movement for Democracy.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Contemporary Populists in PowerWe Are on the Same Page: The Curious Case of Imran Khan’s Populism in Pakistan

Part of the The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy Book Series
Editors: Dieckhoff, Alain; Jaffrelot, Christophe; Massicard, Elise
Faiz, Asma
Contemporary Populists in Power — Feb 28, 2022
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Springer International Publishing
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978-3-030-84078-5
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55 –74
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-84079-2_4
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[In this chapter, I analyze the case of Imran Khan of Pakistan as an example of a quintessential right-wing nationalist-populist who instrumentalized the discourse of change with an aggressive anti-corruption crusade to rise to power in 2018. I look at the almost three years of the PTI in power which exhibit a linear pattern of populist rule sans power and performance. Tracing the trajectory of populist rise in Pakistan, I also examine the early years of Khan’s politics which neatly fit the profile of a populist with his incessant reliance on an anti-corruption narrative in a quest to challenge the dominance of the two leading parties of Pakistan, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Peoples Party. Imran Khan’s ascent to power heralded a process of deepening the authoritarian strains in Pakistan’s politics through military oversight of civilian policy-making, repression of opposition in the framework of corruption–accountability nexus and heavy crackdown on media. Tracing the democratic backsliding, I argue that the absence of credible governance and performance compelled the PTI government to resort to authoritarian measures. I examine the abysmal performance of the Khan government and analyze the first major challenge in the form of the Pakistan Movement for Democracy.]

Published: Feb 28, 2022

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