How not to respond to populism
Journal article
Malkopoulou, Anthoula and Moffitt, Benjamin. (2023). How not to respond to populism. Comparative European Politics. pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41295-023-00341-9
Authors | Malkopoulou, Anthoula and Moffitt, Benjamin |
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Abstract | Although the nature and definition of populism are a source of considerable disagreement, there seems to be a minimal consensus by now that populism poses a number of threats to liberal democracy, and that public authorities should therefore act in defence of the latter. In searching for appropriate responses, however, most scholars draw from strategies for combatting anti-democratic or extremist parties, without considering the important differences between populist parties and these other political actors. We argue that the two central types of democratic defence—the ‘intolerant’ militant democratic defence and the ‘tolerant’ defence—do not offer satisfying responses to populist parties precisely because they were conceived and developed as responses to different phenomena. For public authorities to successfully address populism, responses need to contain its most egregious characteristics, yet salvage its productive side. |
Keywords | responses to populism; democratic self-defence; toleration; militant democracy; containing anti-democratic parties; resistance to democratic backsliding; democratic resilience |
Year | 2023 |
Journal | Comparative European Politics |
Journal citation | pp. 1-18 |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. |
ISSN | 1472-4790 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41295-023-00341-9 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85148249694 |
Web address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41295-023-00341-9 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1-18 |
Funder | Uppsala University |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 10 Mar 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 04 Feb 2023 |
Deposited | 11 Jul 2023 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8z426/how-not-to-respond-to-populism
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