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Authoritarian Populism in Comparative Perspective

In: The Palgrave Handbook of Comparative Economics

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  • Tomasz Mickiewicz

    (Aston University)

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Studies on populism in Latin America discussed dysfunctional economic policies resulting in crises. Recently, populists are more pragmatic. Populism is a political strategy based on distributing economic privileges creating a stable clientelistic base, and facilitating authoritarian entrenchment. However, this perspective, based on interests, needs to be supplemented with focus on ideas. While, support for populism in Southern Europe may be explained by weak economic performance coupled with features of income distribution, this does not explain in full the rise of populism in Central Eastern Europe. Qualitative comparative analysis suggests that adding to economic factors, a combination of Communist heritage, and a branch of Catholicism that unlike that in the West is not associated with support for human rights, explains cases of populism in the region.

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  • Tomasz Mickiewicz, 2021. "Authoritarian Populism in Comparative Perspective," Springer Books, in: Elodie Douarin & Oleh Havrylyshyn (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Comparative Economics, edition 1, chapter 28, pages 731-760, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-50888-3_28
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-50888-3_28
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