State-sponsored Populism and the Rise of Populist Governance: The Case of Montenegro

Džankić, Jelena; Keil, Soeren

doi:10.1080/19448953.2017.1280981

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“…In the Czech Republic, coalition governments led by the ANO party, which presents itself as an anticorruption, technocratic, liberal party, have captured state administration and policy making for oligarchic and criminal interests (Bustikova & Guasti 2019, Hanley & Vachudova 2018, Havlík 2019. Scholars point to variations on ethnopopulism and democratic erosion in other postcommunist EU states as well (among many, Barton Hronešová 2021, Džankić & Keil 2017, Lorenz & Anders 2021, Zankina 2016. This raises many new puzzles that I group into four broad areas of inquiry: How do incumbents justify backsliding?…”

Section: Ethnopopulism and Democratic Backsliding In Europementioning

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Populism, Democracy, and Party System Change in Europe

Vachudová

2021

Annu. Rev. Polit. Sci.

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How has populism transformed party systems in Europe? I survey the varieties of populism, the sources of their support and the different ways that they appeal to voters. I use data from the Chapel Hill Expert Survey to explore whether populist parties are intensifying competition on the cultural dimension, accelerating the decline of mainstream parties, and increasing polarization. I argue that while left and center populist parties have upended existing structures of competition, it is longstanding conservative parties, remodeled using ethnopopulism, that have been the most consequential for the substance of political competition and the trajectory of domestic politics. I consider the behavior of incumbents and argue that varieties of populism should shape our expectations of what happens when populists rule: While left populist parties in power over the last decade have tended to become more ordinary, sometimes even shedding antiestablishment and anti-EU positions, ethnopopulist parties in power have used harsh “us-versus-them” appeals, misinformation, and democratic backsliding in their pursuit of more power. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Political Science, Volume 24 is May 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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Section: Ethnopopulism and Democratic Backsliding In Europementioning

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Populism, Democracy, and Party System Change in Europe

Vachudová

2021

Annu. Rev. Polit. Sci.

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“…To identify populist candidates in our data set, we assessed whether or not they were referred to as such in relevant published research. We relied on the few existing comparative works (Mudde ; Norris and Inglehart ), systematic collections of case studies (Albertazzi and McDonnell ; Aalberg et al ), and additional single‐case studies for selected countries (e.g., Gurov and Zankina ; Bos and Brants ; Džankić and Keil ), all based on similar thin definitions of populism as an ideology that advocates for people centrism and anti‐elitism (Mudde ) or more generally an opposition between the common people and the (corrupt, wicked) elites. To be sure, more complex definitions of populism exist (most notably a thick definition that also includes exclusion of particular groups or nations; Jagers and Walgrave ; Aalberg et al ); however, the thin approach based on people centrism and anti‐elitism can be seen as a minimal set of requirements for being classified as a populist.…”

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Donald Trump, Populism, and the Age of Extremes: Comparing the Personality Traits and Campaigning Styles of Trump and Other Leaders Worldwide

Nai¹,

Coma²,

Maier³

2019

Pres Stud Q

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A common narrative portrays Donald Trump as impetuous and quick to anger, thin skinned, constantly lying, brazen, vulgar, and boasting a grandiose sense of self and his accomplishments. Little systematic evidence exists that this is the case, however. With a novel data set based on expert ratings, we (1) provide systematic empirical evidence about Trump’s personality profile, (2) contrast his profile with 21 other populist leaders and 82 mainstream candidates having competed in recent elections worldwide, and (3) discuss the implications of such an extreme profile in terms of campaigning style and the use of negative and emotional campaigns. Our results illustrate Trump’s off‐the‐charts personality and campaigning style and suggest that even when compared with other abrasive, narcissistic, and confrontational political figures, he stands out as an outlier among the outliers. We conclude by discussing the implications and potential outcomes of such an extreme personality profile for Trump’s policy style and achievements while in office.

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“…Moreover, the differences in terms of the democracy created and the diverging bases of political competition, ideology and ethnicity are complemented by varying strategies these systems use to rally political support. Clientelism and illicit strategies backfired in Slovenia and were followed by the alternation of power in 2000, while some might argue that in Montenegro they are precisely the mechanism that produced the dominant party system (Džankić -Keil 2017). In Slovenia, these internal developments are seen in the strengthened democracy, diffused power across several political parties, and greater resil-ience towards global de -democratisation challenges.…”

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Development Processes for Changing the Party System in Slovenia and Montenegro

Nacevska

Stankov

2020

Politics in Central Europe

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This paper explores differences in the party system development of two former Yugoslav republics: Slovenia and Montenegro. Despite sharing a communist institutional system, after that disintegrated Slovenia had a much faster pace of democratic consolidation and economic development than Montenegro. Similarly, the nature of the party competition and party system structure are also quite different. Using a quantitative and descriptive approach applied to the period between 1990 and 2018, we outline patterns of party competition and party system development and explore how they complement the stages of democratisation. We investigate how the comparatively faster democratisation in Slovenia is reflected in the competitive party system with a focus on the ideological divide as the chief source of electoral competition. In contrast, we look at how the prolonged transition in Montenegro is reflected in the closed party system with party competition occurring mainly along ethnic lines.

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State-sponsored Populism and the Rise of Populist Governance: The Case of Montenegro

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Populism, Democracy, and Party System Change in Europe

Populism, Democracy, and Party System Change in Europe

Donald Trump, Populism, and the Age of Extremes: Comparing the Personality Traits and Campaigning Styles of Trump and Other Leaders Worldwide

Development Processes for Changing the Party System in Slovenia and Montenegro

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