If you are able to read Italian (I am not sure if there is an English translation) you have a beautiful, intelligent essay by Umberto Eco, A passo di gambero. Guerre calde e populismo mediatico.
I also recommend to my students:
- Carlos de la Torre & Cynthia J. Arnson (eds.). Latin American Populism
in the Twenty-First Century. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
- Gary Saul Morson & Morton Schapiro. Minds Wide Shut. How the new fundamentalism divides us. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021.
I considerer it my duty to point you to a indispensable study that you can consult on Populism and Minorities. I take this opportunity to wish you the best of success in your University Research:
- Volker Kaul & Ananya Vajpeyi (2020) Minorities and Populism. Critical Perspectives from South Asia and Europe. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-34098-8_1
[The "convergence" between South Asia and Europe in terms of Populism and Minorities is addressed for the first time and from a critical perspective. The Hindu world rebels against the broad "Minority Rights" anchored in the Constitution. In Europe, amid the "refugee crisis" and concern about "Islamic radicalization", the "post-colonial heritage" tends to be brought to the fore. It is worrying that, in the long or short term, a majority may be reached. Populist parties tend to ignore the rights of minorities and view them as "second-class citizens". In India there is a tendency to consider "multicultural policies" and "positive programs" for the integration of the collective. In Europe, multiculturalism has not found its mansion and they view populism as a danger to minorities.]
. Cf. Thomas Pepinsky (2019) Migrants, Minorities, and Populism in Southeast Asia. DOI: 10.5509/2020933593