Üdvözlet a győzőnek? A populizmus térhódítása: szükséges fordulat, múló korszellem vagy autoriter veszélyforrás?

Benedek, István

doi:10.20520/jel-kep.2019.2.27

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“…Regarding the relationship between populism and representative democracy, I have previously distinguished three main approaches in the mainstream populism literature (Benedek 2019). The first approach (populism as 'opportunity') identifies populism as a Schmittian concept of political logic.…”

Section: Populism As a Dangerous Impostor Of Democracymentioning

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Riders on the storm: the role of populism in the global crisis of democracy and in the functioning of electoral autocracies

Benedek

2021

Politics in Central Europe

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It is my contention that populism could be an appropriate framework to describe, explain and connect the phenomena of global crisis of democracy and functioning of electoral autocracies. In order to substantiate this claim, with the method of literature review, I examine first the characteristics of these phenomena. Then I focus on the nature of the relationship between them, in particular on the complex system of new types of autocracies’ stability, in which populism could play a crucial role. Populism, understood as an autocratic (re-)interpretation of democracy and representation, could be a particularly dangerous Trojan Horse for democracy. First and foremost, because its idea of a single, homogeneous and authentic people that can be legitimately represented only by the populist leader is a moralised form of antipluralism which is contrary to the pluralist approach of democracy (i.e. polyarchy). For precisely this reason, populism could play a key role in autocracies, especial in electoral autocracies which may use its core elements. Namely, the Manichean worldview, the image of a homogeneous people, people-centrism and the autocratic notion of representation are very compatible with electoral autocracies, since these regimes hold general elections and their power is built largely upon the alleged will of the people. By using populism, it is possible for these regimes to camouflage and even legitimise their autocratic trends and exercise of power behind the formally multi-party but not fair elections and democratic façade. As a radical turn towards closed autocracies (without de facto multiparty elections) would be too expensive, electoral autocrats need manipulated multi-party elections and other plebiscite techniques that could serve as quasi-democratic legitimation. Because of this, they tend to use the political logic of populism which could transform political contestation to a life- and- death struggle and provides quasi-democratic legitimation and other important cognitive functions. Therefore, populist electoral autocracies, as a paradigmatic type of electoral autocracies, could remain with us for a long time, giving more and more tasks to researchers, especially in the Central and Eastern European region.

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Riders on the storm: the role of populism in the global crisis of democracy and in the functioning of electoral autocracies

Benedek

2021

Politics in Central Europe

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The concept of populism and its meanings in Hungary

Rixer¹

2021

C.E.P.

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The present study attempts to define and outline the international and the Hungarian meaning of the concept of the phenomenon populism, which has been researched extensively in contemporary political science, jurisprudence and other social sciences. The primary method to approach the topic is by reviewing the international and specifically Hungarian specialist literature. We intend to define the relevant scientific problems, create our own definition and prepare a catalogue of practical problems, specifically for current Hungarian issues regarding the topic. Twelve areas (aspects) are presented, revealing their impact on civil society and confirming that some revealed special features continue to exist in Hungarian history, and especially in the current illiberal democracy in Hungary.

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Üdvözlet a győzőnek? A populizmus térhódítása: szükséges fordulat, múló korszellem vagy autoriter veszélyforrás?

Cited by 2 publications

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Riders on the storm: the role of populism in the global crisis of democracy and in the functioning of electoral autocracies

Riders on the storm: the role of populism in the global crisis of democracy and in the functioning of electoral autocracies

The concept of populism and its meanings in Hungary

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