The ambiguous impact of populist trade discourses on the
international economic order

J 2024

The ambiguous impact of populist trade discourses on the international economic order

BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ, Monika a Angelos CHRYSSOGELOS

Základní údaje

Originální název

The ambiguous impact of populist trade discourses on the international economic order

Autoři

BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ, Monika a Angelos CHRYSSOGELOS

Vydání

International Affairs, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2024, 0020-5850

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

article - open access

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 4.000

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/24:00137058

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

populism; trade; protectionism; Trump; Brexit; discourse

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 8. 3. 2025 16:06, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

The relationship between populism and free trade has historically been a complex one. This article argues that populism affects trade not by expressing consistent economic preferences, but by operating as a discourse that articulates external policies as a struggle for popular recognition. We analyse trade discourses of Donald Trump and Brexiteers following their victories in the 2016 United States presidential election and the referendum on European Union membership in the United Kingdom. These populist movements expressed opposing trade preferences: Trumpism was identified with protectionism, while Brexiteers supported free trade. However, they both articulated trade as a way to regain popular sovereignty from elites and hostile outsiders. A discursive approach helps identify a common logic in how populists articulate foreign relations despite pursuing nominally opposing policies. While this populist logic pertains primarily to domestic mobilization, it has implications for the international order as well, as evidenced in the persistence of protectionist instincts in the US under President Biden and the acceptance of a ‘global’ trade policy outside the EU as the new frame of reference for UK external economic relations.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1475/2023, interní kód MU

Název: Perspektivy evropské integrace v kontextu globální politiky VI

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Perspektivy evropské integrace v kontextu globální politiky VI

Přiložené soubory

The_ambiguous_impact_of_populist_trade_discourses_on_the_international_economic_order.pdf

Citovat

BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ, Monika a Angelos CHRYSSOGELOS. The ambiguous impact of populist trade discourses on the international economic order. International Affairs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024, roč. 100, č. 5, s. 1941-1957. ISSN 0020-5850. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad296.

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BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ, Monika a Angelos CHRYSSOGELOS. The ambiguous impact of populist trade discourses on the international economic order. \textit{International Affairs}. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024, roč.~100, č.~5, s.~1941-1957. ISSN~0020-5850. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiad296.

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