Advanced search
Publication Cover
Democratization Volume 26, 2019 - Issue 3
Submit an article Journal homepage
6,942
Views
39
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research articles

The right-wing populism of India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (and why comparativists should care)

Duncan McDonnellSchool of Government and International Relations & Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-0319-3747View further author information
ORCID Icon &
Luis CabreraSchool of Government and International Relations & Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, AustraliaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-7871-6944View further author information
ORCID Icon
Pages 484-501 | Received 03 Feb 2018, Accepted 17 Nov 2018, Published online: 29 Nov 2018

Citations (39)

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Subscribe to citation updates

Read on this site (9)

Nissim Mannathukkaren & Drew MacEachern. (2023) Constructing a Vishwaguru (world teacher): Hindu nationalism, populism and the domestic consumption of Narendra Modi’s global image. Third World Quarterly 44:11, pages 2370-2390.
Read now
Rochana Bajpai & Yasser Kureshi. (2022) Mechanisms of democratic authoritarianism: de-centring the executive in South Asia and beyond. Democratization 29:8, pages 1375-1396.
Read now
Pankaj Adhikari, Sania Mariam & Robert Thomson. (2022) The Fulfilment of Election Pledges in India. Journal of Contemporary Asia 0:0, pages 1-19.
Read now
Simona Vittorini. (2022) Modi à la mode: Narendra Modi’s fashion and the performance of populist leadership. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 60:3, pages 276-297.
Read now
Shweta Singh & Élise Féron. (2021) Towards an intersectional approach to populism: comparative perspectives from Finland and India. Contemporary Politics 27:5, pages 528-549.
Read now
D. B. Subedi & Alan Scott. (2021) Populism, authoritarianism, and charismatic-plebiscitary leadership in contemporary Asia: a comparative perspective from India and Myanmar. Contemporary Politics 27:5, pages 487-507.
Read now
Yaprak Gürsoy. (2021) Moving Beyond European and Latin American Typologies: The Peculiarities of AKP’s Populism in Turkey. Journal of Contemporary Asia 51:1, pages 157-178.
Read now
Julius Maximilian Rogenhofer & Ayala Panievsky. (2020) Antidemocratic populism in power: comparing Erdoğan’s Turkey with Modi’s India and Netanyahu’s Israel. Democratization 27:8, pages 1394-1412.
Read now
Varsha Jain & Ganesh B. E.. (2020) Understanding the Magic of Credibility for Political Leaders: A Case of India and Narendra Modi. Journal of Political Marketing 19:1-2, pages 15-33.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (30)

Jean‐Thomas Martelli & Christophe Jaffrelot. (2023) Do Populist Leaders Mimic the Language of Ordinary Citizens? Evidence From India. Political Psychology 44:5, pages 1141-1160.
Crossref
Alison J. Ayers. (2023) ‘The Fire This Time’: The Long Crisis of Neoliberal Capitalist Accumulation and Spectre of Neofascism. Critical Sociology.
Crossref
Eviane Leidig & Cas Mudde. (2023) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Journal of Language and Politics 22:3, pages 360-377.
Crossref
Sofia Ammassari. (2023) Disaffected but Efficacious: Why People Join Populist Radical Right Parties. Government and Opposition, pages 1-20.
Crossref
Ihsan Yilmaz & Nicholas Morieson. 2023. Civilizational Populism in Democratic Nation-States. Civilizational Populism in Democratic Nation-States 15 60 .
Ihsan Yilmaz. 2023. Civilizational Populism in Democratic Nation-States. Civilizational Populism in Democratic Nation-States 1 14 .
Ihsan Yilmaz & Raja M. Ali Saleem. 2023. Digital Authoritarianism and its Religious Legitimization. Digital Authoritarianism and its Religious Legitimization 131 149 .
Manish Jung Pulami. 2023. South Asian Women and International Relations. South Asian Women and International Relations 313 328 .
Ihsan Yilmaz & Nicholas MoriesonIhsan Yilmaz & Nicholas Morieson. 2023. Religions and the Global Rise of Civilizational Populism. Religions and the Global Rise of Civilizational Populism 181 223 .
Ihsan Yilmaz & Nicholas MoriesonIhsan Yilmaz & Nicholas Morieson. 2023. Religions and the Global Rise of Civilizational Populism. Religions and the Global Rise of Civilizational Populism 1 24 .
Wolfgang Muno & Christian Pfeiffer. (2022) Populism in power—A comparative analysis of populist governance. International Area Studies Review 25:4, pages 261-279.
Crossref
Ihsan Yilmaz & Nicholas Morieson. (2022) Civilizational Populism: Definition, Literature, Theory, and Practice. Religions 13:11, pages 1026.
Crossref
Ihsan Yilmaz & Nicholas Morieson. (2022) Religious Populisms in the Asia Pacific. Religions 13:9, pages 802.
Crossref
Sandra Destradi, Johannes Plagemann & Hakkı Taş. (2022) Populism and the politicisation of foreign policy. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations 24:3, pages 475-492.
Crossref
Sultan Tepe & Ajar Chekirova. (2022) Faith in Nations: The Populist Discourse of Erdogan, Modi, and Putin. Religions 13:5, pages 445.
Crossref
Víctor Cerdán Martínez, Álvaro Giménez Sarmiento & Graciela Padilla Castillo. (2022) El auge de Vox y el populismo en Youtube antes y durante la pandemia del Covid-19. Revista de Comunicación de la SEECI 55, pages 17-35.
Crossref
Bruno Castanho Silva, Mario Fuks & Eduardo Ryô Tamaki. (2022) So thin it’s almost invisible: Populist attitudes and voting behavior in Brazil. Electoral Studies 75, pages 102434.
Crossref
Shayju C. (2021) Non‐Movement as Latent Political Engagement and War of Position: Islamist Spatial Strategy in an Indian State. Antipode 53:5, pages 1339-1356.
Crossref
Cihan Tuğal. (2021) Populism Studies: The Case for Theoretical and Comparative Reconstruction. Annual Review of Sociology 47:1.
Crossref
Ihsan Yilmaz, Nicholas Morieson & Mustafa Demir. (2021) Exploring Religions in Relation to Populism: A Tour around the World. Religions 12:5, pages 301.
Crossref
Ihsan Yilmaz & Nicholas Morieson. (2021) A Systematic Literature Review of Populism, Religion and Emotions. Religions 12:4, pages 272.
Crossref
Prabhir Vishnu Poruthiyil. (2019) Big Business and Fascism: A Dangerous Collusion. Journal of Business Ethics 168:1, pages 121-135.
Crossref
Kanchana Mahadevan. 2021. Pragmatism, Spirituality and Society. Pragmatism, Spirituality and Society 325 346 .
Pierre Gottschlich. 2021. Populismus an der Macht. Populismus an der Macht 103 125 .
Sara Kulsoom. 2021. Public Diplomacy and the Politics of Uncertainty. Public Diplomacy and the Politics of Uncertainty 255 276 .
Pietro Castelli Gattinara. (2020) The study of the far right and its three E’s: why scholarship must go beyond Eurocentrism, Electoralism and Externalism. French Politics 18:3, pages 314-333.
Crossref
Aman Tyagi, Anjalie Field, Priyank Lathwal, Yulia Tsvetkov & Kathleen M. Carley. 2020. Social Informatics. Social Informatics 364 379 .
Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal. (2019) Political Representation in the Discourse and Practices of the “Party of the Common Man” in India. Politics and Governance 7:3, pages 179.
Crossref
M. Todd Bradley. (2019) Response to Allen Dunn’s “Ethics, Identity, and Political Mediation in Right-Wing American Populism”. Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal 102:2-3, pages 170-175.
Crossref
James Sullivan. (2021) Populism from the Cold War to Today: Case Studies and Quantification. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.