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Over the early 21st century, democracy worldwide has deteriorated significantly. At the same time, new populist forces have appeared that challenge democracies through legal reforms. The stark contrast between Eastern and Western Europe in this respect is the focus of this collection of essays. The authors consider the 2008-2012 economic crisis to be at the root of the success of the populist parties and the rise of cultural backlash against liberal values. In turn, European governments’ responses to the crisis – mainly austerity measures demanded by IMF and the EU – help explain the disenchantment with the European Union. These policies made the wider public feel that they were being left out of politics, and populist parties promised to return power to them. The contributors argue that polarization of the electorate can set in motion a radicalization that strengthens authoritarians at the expense of democrats. They also demonstrate that Eastern and Western Europe differ in their attitudes to the decline in quality of democracy. The studies consider how satisfied people are with the political changes they witness, and argue that seemingly more authoritarian attitudes in the East explain why people feel more satisfied with a defective democracy that empowers the populist-authoritarian political actors that they support.
Introduction : European democracy at the crossroads Carlos García-Rivero
Part I: Populism in Europe : concept and context
Quality of democracy in Europe Enrique Clari and Carlos García-Rivero
Populism : theoretical foundations Ángel Rivero
Mapping European populism and its association with anti-pluralism : descriptive evidence in time and space Enrique Clari
On the persistence of radical right populism in Europe : the role of grievances and emotions Hans-Georg Betz
Part II: Political participation under populism : trends and limits
The limits of democratic competition : time-series, cross-sectional evidence of the asymmetrical impact of polarization on Europeans' political attitudes and behavior Enrique Clari and Carlos García-Rivero
Populist voter profiles in different electoral calls : lessons from Spain Javier Antón-Merino, Sergio Pérez-Castaños, and Marta Méndez-Juez
Ideological congruence between populist right parliamentary elites and their voters : an analysis of Poland, Sweden, and Germany Carlos García-Rivero and Hennie Kotzè
Internal sanctions for rule of law breaches under Article 7 TEU : why is the EU dragging its feet? Clara Portela and Ruth Ferrero-Turrión
Part III: Populist parties in different European regions
Populism in Western versus Eastern Europe José Rama and Andrés Santana
Populism in Southern Europe Belén Fernández-García and Ángel Valencia-Sáiz
Nordic populism : conjoining ethno-nationalism and welfare chauvinism Eirikur Bergmann
Conclusions : what lies ahead Carlos García-Rivero.
Enthält Literaturangaben und ein Register
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General
Budapest : Central European University Press, 2023