Democracy Fatigue
Central European University Press (Verlag)
978-963-386-639-9 (ISBN)
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 desenchantment 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.
Carlos Garcia-Rivero is an associate professor in Political Science at Valencia University, Spain, and research associate at the Centre for International and Comparative Politics, at Stellenbosch University, South Africa; previously, he was a lecturer at Burgos University and Saint Louis University. His research has focused on political culture, democratization, and electoral behavior at both elite and mass levels, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and in Islamic parties and democracy in North Africa and Middle East.
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction: European Democracy at the Crossroads
Carlos García Rivero
PART I. Populism in Europe. Concept and Context
Chapter 1. The Quality of Democracy in Europe
Enrique Clari & Carlos García-Rivero
Chapter 2. The Concept of Populism and Populist Democracy
Ángel Rivero
Chapter 3. Mapping Populist Political Parties in Europe
Enrique Clari
Chapter 4. On the Persistence of Radical-Right-Wing Populism in Europe: The Role of Grievances and Emotions
Hans-Georg Betz
PART II. Political Participation under Populism. Trends and Limits
Chapter 5. The Limits of Democratic Competition. Evidence of the Asymmetrical Impact of Polarization on Europeans Political Attitudes and Behaviour
Enrique Clari and Carlos García-Rivero
Chapter 6. Populist’s Voters’ Profiles in Different Electoral Calls. Lessons from Spain
Javier Antón-Merino, Sergio Pérez-Castaños and Marta Méndez-Juez
Chapter 7. Ideological Congruence in the Extreme Right in Europe. Germany, Poland and Sweden in Comparative Perspective
Carlos García-Rivero and Hennie Kotzè
Chapter 8. Internal Sanctions for the Rule of Law Breaches under Art.7 TEU: Why is the EU Dragging its Feet?
Clara Portela and Ruth Ferrero
PART III. Populist Parties in Different European Regions
Chapter 9. Populism in Western vs Eastern Europe
José Rama and Andrés Santana
Chapter 10. Populism in Southern Europe
Belén Fernández and Ángel Valencia
Chapter 11. Populism in the Nordic countries
Eirikur Bergmann
Conclusions. What Lies Ahead
Carlos García-Rivero
About the Contributors
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 19.08.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 27 Tables, black and white; 23 Figures |
| Verlagsort | Budapest |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 556 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 963-386-639-1 / 9633866391 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-963-386-639-9 / 9789633866399 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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