Carlos de la Torre is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kentucky and Emeritus Professor at FLASCO-Ecuador. He has been a fellow at the Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars. He is the author of 13 books and over 100 articles and book chapters.

1. Global Populism: Histories, Trajectories, Problems and Challenges Part 1: Contemporary Theories of Populism 2. Populist Ideologies 3. Populist Political Strategies 4. Discourse Theories: Ernesto Laclau and the Essex SchoolPart 2: Regional Trajectories 5. Populism in the US6. Contemporary/21st century Populism in Europe7. Populism in Latin America8. Populism in Africa9. Populists in Asia: Fighting Social Immobility or Entrenching Autocracy?10. Populism in the Middle East Part 3: Populism and Democracy 11. Populism and Late Liberalism12. Leftwing Populism and Democratization13. Populism and Democracy in Europe 14. Populist Leadership, Party Institutionalisation and Democratisation in Africa15. Populism and DemocracyPart 4: Populism, Authoritarianism, Fascism 16. Populism and Trans-Atlantic Fascism 17. Postfascism and Populism in Europe 18. Populist Authoritarianism19. Populism and Competitive Authoritarianism Part 5: The Populist Politization of Inequalities and Differences 20. Left Populism and the Politization of Neoliberal Exclusions in Latin America and Southern Europe21. Islamic Populism and the Politization of Neoliberal Inequalities22. Populism and Race in the US23. Populism, Migration, and Xenophobia in Europe24. Populism and Race/Ethnicity in Latin America 25. Ethnopopulism in Africa Part 6: Populism and the Media 17. Latin America18. Asia, and Europe[...]ope 20. Israel 21. Conclusion