ISBN: 9783031604829 - democratic defence as normal politics: everyday opposition to populist parties in multilevel europe (5 Ergebnisse)

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Populist parties in Europe attract many more votes than they did just a fewdecades ago and are now much more likely to govern. They have also become keyplayers in the international sphere. At the same time, the relationship betweendemocracy and populism is subject to substantial scholarly and public debate.This raises questions about opposition to this controversial set of politicalactors: do opponents favour the use of rights-restricting andexclusionary repertoires typical of 'militant democracy' responses to anti-democratic or extremist parties Or do opponents favour the ordinary, persuasiveand sometimes inclusive strategies more typical of the daily conduct of liberaldemocratic politics To what extent is opposition conceived of as democraticdefence How do strategies vary among countries and in relation to differenttypes of populist parties How do international and transnational actors respond Addressing these questions, the book presents new research mapping oppositionto the Hungarian Civic Alliance (Fidesz), Law and Justice in Poland, Alternative forGermany, League and Five Start Movement in Italy, Podemos and Vox in Spain,the Sweden Democrats and the Danish People's Party. It argues that oppositionto populist parties in contemporary Europe is, in most cases, best conceived of asdemocratic defence as normal politics. That is, while there is no direct linkbetween populism and a decline in democratic quality, critical claims justifyingacts of opposition often problematise populist parties as threats toliberal democratic principles and values. At the same time, opponents aremore likely to respond to populist parties using the repertoires of normalpolitics - or strategies typically employed against less controversialgroupings - than the exceptional, rights-restricting instruments typically usedagainst extremists. The case of Alternative for Germany, in which exceptionalpolitics continues to guide much opposition, remains a case apart.…

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