POPÜLİZM, HAKİKAT-SONRASI VE ULUSLARARASI SİYASET: İKLİM DEĞİŞİKLİĞİ, GÖÇ VE COVID-19

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı popülizm ve hakikat-sonrası siyaset arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemek ve bu ikisinin ilişkiselliğini uluslararası politikanın güncel sorunlarından iklim değişikliği, göç ve covid-19 pandemisi ile birlikte değerlendirmektir. Çalışma iki birbirine bağlı sorunsal üzerine kuruludur. Popülizm ve hakikat-sonrası siyaset uluslararası politikanın güncel sorunları ile ilişkili midir ve eğer öyleyse, bunlar uluslararası siyasete ne ölçüde içkindirler. Makale önce popülizm kavramı üzerine son zamanlarda hızla gelişen literatür ile angaje olacak ve neden popülizmin bir küresel otoriter süreç olarak ele alınması gerektiğini gösterecektir. İkinci olarak makale hakikat-sonrası siyasetin popülizm ve otoriterlik kavramlarıyla olan diyalektik ilişkisini ortaya koyacaktır. Daha sonra makale uluslararası politikanın küresel etkileri olan güncel sorunlarından iklim değişikliği, göç ve covid-19 pandemisini bu iki kavram üzerinden değerlendirerek, bu iki kavramın uluslararası politikaya çok yoğun bir biçimde içkin olduklarını ortaya koyacaktır.

Keywords

• Popülizm
• Hakikat-Sonrası Siyaset
• İklim Değişikliği
• Göç
• Covid-19

POPULISM AND POST-TRUTH IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS: CLIMATE CHANGE, MIGRATION, AND COVID-19

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the complex relationship between populism and post-truth politics and incorporate their relationality within the recent issues in international politics, namely climate change, migration, and Covid-19 pandemic. The study is based on these two inter-related research problematics: Whether or not populism and post-truth politics are relevant to the current issues in international politics, and if so, to what extent they are integral to the international politics. The article will first engage with the recent literature on populism and will demonstrate why it is vital to see populism as a global authoritarian process. Second, the article will demonstrate the concept of post-truth politics’ dialectical relationship with populism and authoritarianism. Then the article will incorporate the recent issues in international politics with global impact within populism and post-truth politics and will establish that these concepts are highly integral to international politics.

Keywords

• Populism
• Post-Truth Politics
• Climate Change
• Migration
• Covid-19

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