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=== Populism === {{Main article|Right-wing populism}}{{multiple image | perrow = 3 | total_width = 250 | image_style = border:none | image1 = 2020-03-24 Pronunciamento do Presidente da República, Jair Bolsonaro em Rede Nacional de Rádio e Televisão - 49695919452 (cropped 2).jpg | alt1 = | image3 = 2025-02-17 ARD-Wahlarena zur Bundestagswahl 2025 by Sandro Halank–051.jpg | alt3 = | image4 = Official portrait of Nigel Farage MP crop 2.jpg | alt4 = | image5 = Kaczyński & Orbán (2017).jpg | alt5 = | footer = 21st century right-wing populists seen from left to right, top to bottom: [[Jair Bolsonaro]], [[Alice Weidel]], [[Nigel Farage]], [[Jarosław Kaczyński]] and [[Victor Orbán]] }} [[Right-wing populism]] is a combination of [[Civic nationalism|civic-nationalism]], [[Cultural nationalism|cultural-nationalism]] and sometimes [[Ethnic nationalism|ethno-nationalism]], [[Localism (politics)|localism]], along with [[anti-elitism]], using populist rhetoric to provide a critique of existing political institutions.<ref>[[Cas Mudde|Mudde, Cas]] and Rovira Kaltwasser, Cristóbal (2017) ''Populism: a Very Short Introduction''. New York: Oxford University Press. pp.14-15, 72-73. {{isbn|978-0-19-023487-4}}</ref> According to Margaret Canovan, a right-wing populist is "a charismatic leader, using the tactics of politicians' populism to go past the politicians and intellectual elite and appeal to the reactionary sentiments of the populace, often buttressing his claim to speak for the people by the use of referendums".<ref name="Canovan">{{cite book|last1=Canovan|first1=Margaret|url=https://archive.org/details/populism00cano|title=Populism|date=1981|publisher=Harcourt Brace Jovanovich|isbn=978-0151730780|edition=1st|location=New York}}</ref>{{page needed|date=November 2016}} In Europe, right-wing populism often takes the form of distrust of the [[European Union]], and of politicians in general, combined with [[anti-immigrant]] rhetoric and a call for a return to traditional, national values.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hayward|first1=Jack|title=Elitism, Populism, and European Politics|date=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0198280354|location=Oxford}}</ref> Daniel Stockemer states, the radical right is, "Targeting immigrants as a threat to employment, security and cultural cohesion".<ref name="Daniel Stockemer 2016">Daniel Stockemer, "Structural data on immigration or immigration perceptions? What accounts for the electoral success of the radical right in Europe?." ''JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies'' 54.4 (2016): 999-1016.</ref> In the United States, the [[Tea Party movement]] stated that the core beliefs for membership were the primacy of individual liberties as defined by the Constitution of the United States, preference for a small federal government, and respect for the rule of law. Some policy positions included opposition to illegal immigration and support for a strong national military force, the right to individual gun ownership, cutting taxes, reducing government spending, and balancing the budget.<ref>{{cite web|date=2 September 2004|title=About Us|url=http://www.teaparty.org/about-us/|access-date=15 November 2016|publisher=Tea Party}}</ref> In Indonesia, Islamic populism has a significant impact on right-wing politics.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Hadiz |first=Vedi R. |date=2018-08-08 |title=Imagine All the People? Mobilising Islamic Populism for Right-Wing Politics in Indonesia |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00472336.2018.1433225 |journal=Journal of Contemporary Asia |language=en |volume=48 |issue=4 |pages=566–583 |doi=10.1080/00472336.2018.1433225 |issn=0047-2336}}</ref> This is largely due to the historical context which Islamic organizations had during the 1960s in destroying the Indonesian Communist Party.<ref name=":1" /> Whilst the party is adopting democratic processes with neo-liberal market economies, socially pluralist positions aren't necessarily adopted.<ref name=":1" /> The Islamic populism in Indonesia has boosted its influence in 1998 after the demise of the Suharto authoritarian regime.<ref name=":1" /> Islamic populism in Indonesia has similar properties with Islamic populist regimes like in the Middle East, Turkey and North Africa (MENA).<ref name=":1" /> The emphasis on social justice, pluralism, equality and progressive agendas could be potentially mobilized by Islamic cultural resources.<ref name=":1" /> In India, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] supporters have more authoritarian, nativist, and populist ideas than other Indian citizens.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Ammassari |first1=Sofia |last2=Fossati |first2=Diego |last3=McDonnell |first3=Duncan |date=October 2023 |title=Supporters of India's BJP: Distinctly Populist and Nativist |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0017257X22000185/type/journal_article |journal=Government and Opposition |language=en |volume=58 |issue=4 |pages=807–823 |doi=10.1017/gov.2022.18 |issn=0017-257X}}</ref> Under Narendra Modi, the BJP, populism is a core part of the party's ideology.<ref name=":2" /> The main populist idea is that the ordinary, "good" individuals are continuously under attack from the "bad" political forces, media, etc.<ref name=":2" /> Since Narendra Modi became the leader of the BJP, it has increasingly been associated as a populist radical right party (PRR), however, traditionally the party was viewed as a Hindu nationalist party.<ref name=":2" />
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