Populist Parties and Democratic Resilience focuses on populist
parties as the main agents of populism and examines when these
parties turn anti-democratic and when they remain loyal to the
democratic system. Following the Brexit referendum, the election of
Donald Trump, and the rise of populist parties around the globe,
many observers suggested that democracy was in serious trouble.
Nevertheless, while some democratic systems have been seized by
populists, most of them have proven resilient. In this volume, the
authors identify the conditions under which populist parties become
inimical to political and societal pluralism. They offer in-depth
analyses of the trajectory of populist parties in eleven European
Union countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany,
Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, and Spain). The
book shows that, reflecting the diversity of national contexts,
there are multiple pathways whereby populist parties' power can
remain contained and subject to democratic checks and balances.
Moreover, populist parties can - at times voluntarily, at other
times by force of external conditions - come to adhere to the
democratic rules of the game. On this basis, the volume outlines
different ways in which European democracies can successfully
accommodate populist parties through strategies that carefully
navigate between the extremes of uncritical acceptance and outright
ostracization. Drawing on the literature on democratic theory and
comparative politics, this book directly contributes to the public
debate on the state of democracy in Europe. It will be of interest
to researchers of comparative politics, European politics, party
politics, democracy, and populism.
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