Populist democracy or populist dictatorship?

Paul Lucardie

Chapter 31 in Research Handbook on Populism, 2024, pp 373-384 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Populist democracy can be regarded as one of four democratic paradigms - the other three being elitist, pluralist and participatory democracy. Each paradigm is embedded in a worldview with specific ideas about human nature, politics and society. According to the populist paradigm, political elites represent either ‘the people’ or particular (sinister) interests like financial or foreign capital or ethnic minorities. In a populist democracy the people can elect and recall leaders and correct their decisions through referenda or people’s initiatives. The question that this chapter aims to address is whether populist parties in power succeed in realizing populist democracy or in fact tend to establish a new type of dictatorship legitimated by populist discourse.

Keywords: Politics and Public Policy Research Methods; Sociology and Social Policy; Sustainable Development Goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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