From Slavic Review, a symposium on Global Populisms. Lorenzo Viviani (MIUR): A Political Sociology of Populism and Leadership. Ronald Inglehart (Michigan) and Pippa Norris (Harvard): Trump and the Populist Authoritarian Parties: The Silent Revolution in Reverse. Rogers Brubaker on populism’s perfect storm. Richard Berry reviews Populism: A Very Short Introduction by Cas Mudde and Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser. What does “the crowd” want? Salman Hussain on populism and the origin of democracy. The rise of populism shouldn’t have surprised anyone: Ana Swanson interviews Dani Rodrik. Economics of the populist backlash: The populist backlash to globalisation should not have come as a surprise, in light of economic history and economic theory. Dan Kopf on a simple explanation of how free trade leads to populism.
Sheri Berman (Barnard): The Pipe Dream of Undemocratic Liberalism. Jeffrey C. Isaac (Indiana): Is There Illiberal Democracy? A Problem with no Semantic Solution (and responses by Jan-Werner Mueller, Andras Bozoki, and Ewa Atanassow). Branko Milanovic on multi-party kleptocracies rather than illiberal democracies. Fareed Zakaria made a scary prediction about democracy in 1997 — and it’s coming true. What Machiavelli can teach us about Trump and the decline of liberal democracy: Sean Illing interviews Erica Benner, author of Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli in His World. Some argue that the West should limit democracy to save liberalism — here’s why they’re wrong. Can liberalism win out? Jonathan Wolff argues that there is no guarantee of tolerance or political stability.
Hauke Brunkhorst (Flensburg): Democracy under Siege: Democratic Solidarity between Global Crisis and Cosmopolitan Hope. Helmut K. Anheier on democratic resilience for a populist age. Far-right movements are starting to converge, posing an ever greater risk. Trump praised Poland as a defender of the West — but their democracy is unraveling. Don’t fear the new nationalism: The utopian belief in a globalized world without borders is dying in the West. European disunion: Yascha Mounk on what the rise of populist movements means for democracy. Can Yascha Mounk save liberal democracy? A political theorist joins the resistance.
