The ideational approach
Recent events highlight how populism threatens and challenges liberal democracy; however, scholarship on populism’s consequences and how these can be mitigated is still lacking. In this Introduction, we extend the ideational approach to understanding populism’s consequences and their mitigation. We...
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| author | Busby, Ethan Chryssogelos, Angelos Hawkins, Eliza Tanner Hawkins, Kirk Littvay, Levente Wiesehomeier, Nina |
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| description | Recent events highlight how populism threatens and challenges liberal democracy; however, scholarship on populism’s consequences and how these can be mitigated is still lacking. In this Introduction, we extend the ideational approach to understanding populism’s consequences and their mitigation. We first summarize the ideational approach to populism, comparing it to other prominent approaches. We then formulate an ideational theory of populism’s consequences, emphasizing the endogenous nature of populist ideas in how actors view the world and formulate their preferences. We specify our ideational argument with respect to populism’s impact on three levels: national political institutions, individual beliefs, and international relations and foreign policy. At all three levels, we argue that populism has a distinct impact that hinges on the intensity of populist beliefs of actors, particularly when these are in power. We juxtapose this impact with the influence of other factors such as the host ideology of popul |
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| spelling | oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:89732024-12-03T11:32:54Z https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/8973/ The ideational approach Busby, Ethan Chryssogelos, Angelos Hawkins, Eliza Tanner Hawkins, Kirk Littvay, Levente Wiesehomeier, Nina 320 Political science Recent events highlight how populism threatens and challenges liberal democracy; however, scholarship on populism’s consequences and how these can be mitigated is still lacking. In this Introduction, we extend the ideational approach to understanding populism’s consequences and their mitigation. We first summarize the ideational approach to populism, comparing it to other prominent approaches. We then formulate an ideational theory of populism’s consequences, emphasizing the endogenous nature of populist ideas in how actors view the world and formulate their preferences. We specify our ideational argument with respect to populism’s impact on three levels: national political institutions, individual beliefs, and international relations and foreign policy. At all three levels, we argue that populism has a distinct impact that hinges on the intensity of populist beliefs of actors, particularly when these are in power. We juxtapose this impact with the influence of other factors such as the host ideology of popul Routledge 2024-11-07 Book Section PeerReviewed text en https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/8973/1/Chapter%201%20Edits%5B41%5D%20%281%29.pdf Busby, Ethan, Chryssogelos, Angelos, Hawkins, Eliza Tanner, Hawkins, Kirk, Littvay, Levente and Wiesehomeier, Nina (2024) The ideational approach. In: The ideational approach to populism: consequences and mitigation. Routledge studies in extremism and democracy, 2 . Routledge, London, pp. 1-29. ISBN 9781032789620 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003489993-1/ideational-approach-ethan-busby-angelos-chryssogelos-eliza-tanner-hawkins-kirk-hawkins-levente-littvay-nina-wiesehomeier 10.4324/9781003489993-1 10.4324/9781003489993-1 |
| spellingShingle | 320 Political science Busby, Ethan Chryssogelos, Angelos Hawkins, Eliza Tanner Hawkins, Kirk Littvay, Levente Wiesehomeier, Nina The ideational approach |
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