Illiberalism is an emerging concept in social sciences that remains to be tested by different
disciplines and approaches. Here, I advance a fine-grained frame that should help to …

Introduction 2023 and 2024 developments in the field of migration governance have been
marked by a shift towards the acceptance of systematic illiberal migration practices in the …

Comparative social science concepts such as “illiberalism” and “authoritarianism” are
increasingly common terms of art used in academic and policy debates, yet usage patterns …

This article discusses various conceptualizations of illiberalism and adopts a definition that
equates the concept with the negation of three liberal democratic principles: limited power, a …

State-owned capital investment into so-called illiberal democracies in Central and Eastern
Europe (CEE) has risen to become a more significant feature of CEE political economies …

This study offers a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of Slovak illiberal anti-gender
parliamentary discourse based on a unique dataset consisting of 85 parliamentary …

Scholarship has underlined how radical right-wing populism (RRWP) emphasizes border
control aiming to protect the “people”. Although increasing attention is being paid to the …

Over the past decade, Slovakia has witnessed the dismantling of public human rights
institutions and gender equality policies and incessant efforts to limit sexual and …

Once considered an anomaly for its polarized pluralism, then marked, over the last three
decades, by frequent alternations between populist and technocratic governments, Italy is …

While most authors have attempted to conceptualize populism by exploring its relation with
representative democracy, this note is concerned with a different, yet equally pressing issue …