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Indrajit Roy publishes new article

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Posted on Wednesday 7 October 2026

Professor Indrajit Roy has published a new article in Third World Quarterly
Professor Indrajit Roy has published a new article in Third World Quarterly. Titled "Standing up to authoritarian populism: Hopeful resistance in Brazil, India and Turkey, it is available to read here. 

This paper advances the concept of 'hopeful resistance' in the context of the well-documented worldwide surge in authoritarian populism. It examines the disparate ways in which different actors actively contest – rather than passively accept – authoritarian populism. Such actors include, but are not limited to, political parties and politicians, civil society organisations, bureaucrats and judges who remain loyal to democratic traditions, transnational networks, free and independent media, artists and – not least – ordinary citizens. The paper's focus on Brazil, India, and Turkey – three countries of the Global South where authoritarian populists have respectively mobilised Christian, Hindu and Muslim religious identities to consolidate popular support- outlines the contours of 'hopeful resistance' in different political contexts.