Concepts, Causes, and Consequences of Populism
Session 1
Introduction to populism
Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser (Catholic University of Chile)
Provides an overview of developments in how populism has manifested itself and has been studied from past decades to the present.
Session 2
The ideational approach to populism
Kirk Hawkins (Brigham Young University)
Outlines the nowadays most frequently used conceptualization of populism.
Session 3
The political-strategic approach to populism
Kurt Weyland (University of Texas-Austin)
Spells out another established conceptual perspective on populism.
Session 4
The discursive approach to populism
Yannis Stavrakakis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Discusses a critical alternative perspective on populism.
Session 5
The performative approach to populism
Benjamin Moffitt (Monash University)
Introduces a relatively novel perspective on the stylistic socio-cultural elements of populism.
Session 6
Measuring populism
Andrej Zaslove (Radboud University)
Sheds light on measuring populist characteristics at the societal and elite level.
Session 7
Populism and Euroscepticism
Natasza Styczyńska (Jagiellonian University in Kraków)
Discusses the conceptual and empirical links between populism and Euroscepticism.
Session 8
Populist leadership: supply and demand
Paul D. Kenny (Australian Catholic University)
Discusses why populism as an anti-institutional, personalistic movement is both supplied and demanded.
Session 9
The diffusion of populism
Saskia P. Ruth-Lovell (Radboud University)
Outlines whether, and if so under which conditions, populist ideas travel across borders.
Session 10
The impact of populism in power on public policy
Agnes Batory (Central European University)
Provides insights on populist policy making in domestic political contexts.
Session 11
The populist radical right in the European Parliament
Annika Werner (University of Southampton)
Explains how different populist radical right parties act in the European Parliament.
Session 12
Populism in power and the economy
Christoph Trebesch (Kiel Institute for the World Economy)
Offers a political economy perspective on populism and discusses how economies perform under populist leadership.