‘Populism in Europe’ or ‘Populism and Europe’? Causes and Consequences

Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel

Session Description

The rise of populism and the decline of popular identification with Europe have become two of the most important themes in contemporary European politics both at the domestic level and across the European Union as a whole. The challenge is to understand why these developments are occurring now and what will be the implications. This panel starts and ends by looking at the relationship between changing patterns of economic governance and changing dynamics of political organization. In between, the papers explore the relationship between shared perceptions of history and common identification, the uniqueness of the Southern European experience, and the inevitable comparison between Southern Europe and Northern Europe.

Sub Unit

• Theme Panel

Cosponsor

• DIVISION 15: European Politics and Society

Individual Presentations

• The Economics of European Populism: Growth Regimes and Party System Change - Jonathan Hopkin, London School of Economics; Mark Blyth, Brown University

• Common Past, Shared Future? WWII Remembrance & Support for European Cooperation - Catherine E. De Vries, Free University Amsterdam

• Southern European Populism: Not the Same Home - Simona Guerra, University of Leicester

• Economic Adjustment and Political Transformation in Europe - Erik Jones, Johns Hopkins University

Chair

• Erik Jones Johns Hopkins University

Discussant

• Gabriel Goodliffe Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico