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Populism and Understandings of Democracy

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dc.contributor.authorWiesehomeier, Nina
dc.contributor.authorSinger, Matthew
dc.contributor.editorChryssogelos, Angelos
dc.contributor.editorHawkins, Eliza Tanner
dc.contributor.editorHawkins, Kirk
dc.contributor.editorLittvay, Levente
dc.contributor.editorWiesehomeier, Nina
dc.contributor.rorhttps://ror.org/02jjdwm75
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-04T09:43:56Z
dc.date.available2025-02-04T09:43:56Z
dc.date.issued2024-11-07
dc.description.abstractThe advancement of populism has led to a vivid discussion of its corrective or threatening potential for representative democracy. The impact of populism may depend, however, on the particular vision populist voters hold of democracy. Using questions from the European Social Survey (2012) that aim to measure the population's understanding of the concept of democracy, this paper explores whether populist voters differ significantly from non-populist voters in their understanding of democracy. The results suggest that European populists are not less likely to conceive of democracy in terms of electoral competition or liberal checks and balances. Rather, they are more likely to add elements of direct democracy, government transparency, and enhanced welfare state to those standard elements of democratic competition and strongly endorse democratic responsiveness by parties in office as public opinion shifts. Yet, the data also show that populist voters reject the protection of minority rights, are less satisfied with democracy than non-populist voters, and are less committed to democracy itself as an important ideal.
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dc.identifier.citationWiesehomeier, N., & Singer, M. M. (2025). Populism and Understandings of Democracy. In The Ideational Approach to Populism, Volume II (pp. 161-182). Routledge.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.4324/9781003489993
dc.identifier.isbn9781003489993
dc.identifier.publicationtitleThe Ideational Approach to Populism, Volume II
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3518
dc.language.isoen
dc.page.total22
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relation.departmentComparative Politics
dc.relation.entityIE University
dc.relation.schoolIE School of Politics, Economics & Global Affairs
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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dc.titlePopulism and Understandings of Democracy
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