Asaf Yakir
Biographic Data
| ID | 2124105 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Asaf Yakir |
| GIVEN NAMES | Asaf |
| FAMILY NAME | Yakir |
| SIGNATURE | YAKIR A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haifa |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4459-451X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Populist strategy revisited: Toward a coalitional framework of populist mobilisation
How do populist movements build and maintain political power? Existing scholarship offers contradictory answers: one approach defines populism through its rejection of organised interests, while another emphasises the collective nature of populists’ rise to power. This article proposes a coalitional framework to resolve this tension, arguing that approaches emphasising collective mobilisation better capture the dynamics of contemporary populism. …
Right-Wing Populist Re-Politicization and the “Hollowing Out” of the Neoliberal State
The political economy of populists in power, between policy and polity: Evidence from the Israeli case
This paper explores the connection between the current wave of populism, economic policies and governance practices. We first review the different ways in which populist political economy has been conceptualised, focusing on the relationship between populism and neoliberalism in terms of both policy and polity. We then briefly discuss right-wing populist governments' recent economic policies and institutional changes. We argue that, while represe…
Making ‘the people’ behave: The economic policies of the Israeli anti-populist ‘change’ coalition
Populism's recent ascent to power in many countries has fueled the discussion of anti-populist responses. This paper investigates anti-populism's implications for economic policy and policymaking. Anti-populism has been shown to manifest alongside and through both neoliberalism and technocracy; this paper investigates how anti-populism shapes the manifestation of neoliberalism and technocracy, and how they can be in turn employed to strengthen an…
The Limits of Right-Wing Populism in Power and the Israeli Political Crisis of 2018–2021
Between 2018 and 2021, Israel experienced an unprecedented political crisis that saw four rounds of elections, as the country's parties failed to form a stable coalition government. This article contends that this crisis was the result of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's shift away from neoliberalism and toward a populist "anti-system" agenda. While Netanyahu's intensification of institutional subversion played a role in his success in the mid…
The Limits of Right-Wing Populism in Power and the Israeli Political Crisis of 2018–2021
Between 2018 and 2021, Israel experienced an unprecedented political crisis that saw four rounds of elections, as the country's parties failed to form a stable coalition government. This article contends that this crisis was the result of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's shift away from neoliberalism and toward a populist "anti-system" agenda. While Netanyahu's intensification of institutional subversion played a role in his success in the mid…
Making ‘the people’ behave: The economic policies of the Israeli anti-populist ‘change’ coalition
Populism's recent ascent to power in many countries has fueled the discussion of anti-populist responses. This paper investigates anti-populism's implications for economic policy and policymaking. Anti-populism has been shown to manifest alongside and through both neoliberalism and technocracy; this paper investigates how anti-populism shapes the manifestation of neoliberalism and technocracy, and how they can be in turn employed to strengthen an…
Right-Wing Populist Re-Politicization and the “Hollowing Out” of the Neoliberal State
The Limits of Right-Wing Populism in Power and the Israeli Political Crisis of 2018–2021
Between 2018 and 2021, Israel experienced an unprecedented political crisis that saw four rounds of elections, as the country's parties failed to form a stable coalition government. This article contends that this crisis was the result of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's shift away from neoliberalism and toward a populist "anti-system" agenda. While Netanyahu's intensification of institutional subversion played a role in his success in the mid…
Making ‘the people’ behave: The economic policies of the Israeli anti-populist ‘change’ coalition
Populism's recent ascent to power in many countries has fueled the discussion of anti-populist responses. This paper investigates anti-populism's implications for economic policy and policymaking. Anti-populism has been shown to manifest alongside and through both neoliberalism and technocracy; this paper investigates how anti-populism shapes the manifestation of neoliberalism and technocracy, and how they can be in turn employed to strengthen an…
Right-Wing Populist Re-Politicization and the “Hollowing Out” of the Neoliberal State
The political economy of populists in power, between policy and polity: Evidence from the Israeli case
This paper explores the connection between the current wave of populism, economic policies and governance practices. We first review the different ways in which populist political economy has been conceptualised, focusing on the relationship between populism and neoliberalism in terms of both policy and polity. We then briefly discuss right-wing populist governments' recent economic policies and institutional changes. We argue that, while represe…
Populist strategy revisited: Toward a coalitional framework of populist mobilisation
How do populist movements build and maintain political power? Existing scholarship offers contradictory answers: one approach defines populism through its rejection of organised interests, while another emphasises the collective nature of populists’ rise to power. This article proposes a coalitional framework to resolve this tension, arguing that approaches emphasising collective mobilisation better capture the dynamics of contemporary populism. …
Politics (5 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Populism (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (2 works) · Neoliberalism (international relations (2 works)