
The Impact of Populism on the Party System
The Experience of European Democracies (2000-2020)
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 6. August 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
120 pages
978-80-246-6143-8 (ISBN)
Description
Analyzes the influence of populism on the development and transformation of parties and party systems in seven European countries between 2000 and 2020.
The Impact of Populism on the Party System: The Experience of European Democracies (2000-2020) analyzes the influence of populism on the development and transformation of parties and party systems in Hungary, Poland, Greece, Germany, Spain, Czechia, and France in the first two decades of the twenty-first century. In individual case studies, the international team of authors asks to what extent the rise of populist parties witnessed during the period in question caused increased polarization and ideological distance between parties in a given country, and whether this polarization led to a transformation in party system. Moderate party systems can be transformed into polarized party systems under the influence of populism, with a high degree of polarization affecting the functioning of the entire democratic regime. In extreme cases, the very democratic essence of European political regimes may be threatened.
The Impact of Populism on the Party System: The Experience of European Democracies (2000-2020) analyzes the influence of populism on the development and transformation of parties and party systems in Hungary, Poland, Greece, Germany, Spain, Czechia, and France in the first two decades of the twenty-first century. In individual case studies, the international team of authors asks to what extent the rise of populist parties witnessed during the period in question caused increased polarization and ideological distance between parties in a given country, and whether this polarization led to a transformation in party system. Moderate party systems can be transformed into polarized party systems under the influence of populism, with a high degree of polarization affecting the functioning of the entire democratic regime. In extreme cases, the very democratic essence of European political regimes may be threatened.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ovocny
Czech Republic
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 144 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-80-246-6143-8 (9788024661438)
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Jiri Kocian is assistant professor at the Department of Russian and East European Studies, faculty of social sciences and senior coordinator at the Malach Center for Visual History, Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, both at Charles University. Michal Kubat is a professor of political science at the Institute of International Studies of the Faculty of Social Science at Charles University, Prague. Martin Mejstrik is a Czech politician and human rights activist.