The dominant theoretical paradigm originating in the work of Cas Mudde conceives of
populism as a thin-centered ideology that focuses on the antagonism between people and …

Populism is a concept employed to qualify the political behavior of a large number of actors
at a worldwide scale, with scientists classifying the latter into populists and non-populists …

Why is the populist radical left and right on the rise across western Europe? Integrating
theories on changing socio-political conflict with arguments about crises of political …

The article comparatively examines the levels of populism exhibited by parties in Western
Europe. It relies on a quantitative content analysis of press releases collected in the context …

This paper discusses the current prospects of democracy in Europe from four perspectives:
the birdʼs-eye view of long-term trends; the perspective of citizens' support of democratic …

Despite the increased interest in populism, it has taken a long time for systematic
measurements of populism to be conducted. This can probably be explained largely by the …

Centripetal democracy is the idea that legitimate democratic institutions set in motion forms
of citizen practice and representative behaviour that serve as powerful drivers of political …

This essay makes another attempt to clarify the concept of populism and to discuss its
causes and consequences. It argues that, at its core, the concept of populism refers to an …

In this conclusion, I attempt to provide a synthesis of the findings of this superb set of papers
and put them into a broader perspective. For this purpose, I also rely on some other more …

This article breaks new ground by comparatively analyzing the populist communication of
the three major radical right parties of current Switzerland–the Swiss People's Party (SVP) …