Populist democracies : post-authoritarian Greece and post-communist Hungary

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dc.contributor.authorPAPPAS, Takis S.
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-19T18:00:09Z
dc.date.available2014-12-19T18:00:09Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis article makes the case for a novel democratic subtype, populist democracy, indicating a situation in which both the party in office and at least the major opposition force(s) in a pluralist system are populist. Based on a minimal definition of populism as 'democratic illiberalism', and through the comparative analysis of post-authoritarian Greece and post-communist Hungary, the article reveals the particular stages, as well as the causal mechanisms, that may prompt the emergence of populist democracy in contemporary politics. It also points to the tendency of such systems to produce polarized two-party systems, and it calls for further research on the topic.
dc.identifier.citationGovernment and opposition, 2014, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 1-23
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/gov.2013.21
dc.identifier.endpage23
dc.identifier.issn0017-257X
dc.identifier.issn1477-7053
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.startpage1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/34002
dc.identifier.volume49
dc.language.isoEn
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.relation.ispartofGovernment and opposition
dc.subjectParty system
dc.subjectpolarization
dc.titlePopulist democracies : post-authoritarian Greece and post-communist Hungary
dc.typeArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication
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