Elite Universities as Populist Scapegoats: Evidence from Hungary and Turkey
Ioannis N. Grigoriadis,
Ece Işık Canpolat
Abstract:This article explores the reasons for the recent populist assault against elite academic institutions in Hungary and Turkey. After exploring the literature on populism, social mobility, and social pluralism, it then focuses on the modalities of the attack against two elite academic institutions, established upon the U.S. liberal arts college tradition, the Central European University (CEU) and Boğaziçi University, respectively, and its implications for Hungarian and Turkish politics. Two arguments are put forw… Show more
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