A Pandemic of Populists

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-009-22453-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 379 g

Over the last decade, the world has watched in shock as populists swept to power in free elections. From Manila to Warsaw, Brasilia to Budapest, the populist tide has shattered illusions of an inexorable march to liberal democracy. Eschewing simplistic notions of a unified global populism, this book unpacks the diversity and plurality of populisms. It highlights the variety of constitutional and extraconstitutional strategies that populists have used to undermine the institutional fabric of liberal democracy and investigates how ruling populists responded to the Covid-19 crisis. Outlining the rise of populisms and their governing styles, Wojciech Sadurski focuses on what populists in power do, rather than what they say. Confronting one of the most pressing concerns of international politics, this book offers a vibrant, contemporary account of modern populisms and, significantly, considers what we can do to fight back.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sadurski, Wojciech

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Why populisms?; 2. The war on institutions; 3. Constitutions: breaches, abuses, and literal democracy; 4. Courts: the least resilient branch; 5. Paranoia; 6. Democracy diseased: populism in the time of Covid; 7. Antidotes, remedies, and miracles; Annex: country selection explanation.

Über Autor(innen)

Sadurski, Wojciech
Wojciech Sadurski is Challis Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Sydney and Professor of the Centre for Europe at the University of Warsaw; formerly Professor and Head of Department of Law at the European University Institute in Florence. He is author of several books, most recently Poland's Constitutional Breakdown (2019) and Constitutionalism and the Enlargement of Europe (2012). He regularly teaches, as visiting professor, in top universities around the world, including at Yale and New York Universities.