Populism and Democracy
Published on 7. April 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
376 pages
978-94-90947-23-1 (ISBN)
Description
Are liberal democracies in decline? If they are, what role does populism play in this? What can and should democracies do to defend their core features against 'democratic decay'? And which features can be considered essential? These are difficult questions further complicated by the realisation that their answers depend on perspective. Populism and democratic decay are global phenomena but they play out differently in different countries and regions. They also cannot be properly understood through the lens of one discipline alone. This book brings together scholars of political science and law, who look at populism, democratic decay, and possible means to protect democratic constitutionalism from global, regional (European) and national angles.
The book is made up of two parts. The first part discusses general aspects of populism. The second part of the book consists of seven country reports and one regional report; each analysing the success or failure of national constitutional safeguards against populism in the local constitutional and socio-political context. From East-Central Europe to the United Kingdom, from Italy to the Philippines, the pictures painted in these articles are diverse, yet enlightening and relevant from a comparative perspective.
This volume is part of a research project on populism and democracy conducted at Maastricht University, Faculty of Law, and funded by the Statesman Thorbecke Fund at the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences (knaw).
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Utrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
651 gr
ISBN-13
978-94-90947-23-1 (9789490947231)
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Content
List of Abbreviations; Preface; Part I: Populism and Democracy; Introduction: A Populist Age (Sascha Hardt); Rise of Populist Parties and Decline of People's Parties: Loss of Parties as a Guarantor of the Consolidation of Democracy? (Hans-Joachim Lauth and Christoph Mohamad-Klotzbach); Populist Parties Under Scrutiny - One Common Vision or a Scattered Agenda? (Tjitske Akkerman); Populism in Times of Social Media (Hoai-Thu Nguyen); Referendums and Democratic Constitutionalism: Is There a Way for Reconciliation? (Ilker Gökhan Sen); Part II: Country Reports; Austria - Protecting the Liberal Constitution (Maria Bertel); East-Central Europe - Populist Constitutionalism (Paul Blokker); France - The Resilience of the Constitutional Order to Populism so far and Potential Threats to the Separation of Powers (Diane Fromage and Sébastien Platon); Greece - Populism and Constitutionalism (George Karavokyris); Hungary - Protecting the Liberal Constitution (Petra Gyöngyi); The Italian Paradox - Is There Such a Thing as Too Strong Constitutional Safeguards? (Matteo Bonelli); Spain - Constitutional Safeguards and Populism (Juan Antonio Chinchilla Peinado and Mónica Domínguez Martín); The United Kingdom and Populism (Alison L Young); Indonesia - Preserving Democracy Against the Rise of Populism (Rosa Ristawati and Radian Salman); The Case of the Philippine Judiciary - Guardian of Democracy or Enabler of Populism? (Dante Gatmaytan); Epilogue; Epilogue: Endangered Liberal Democracies and How to Safeguard Them (Aalt Willem Heringa and Hoai-Thu Nguyen); Appendices; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3