Populist Attitudes in Comparative Perspective

Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel

Session Description

In the last few years, scholars have been paying increasing attention to the rise of populism in different places of the world. This extant scholarship has been making important empirical, methodological and theoretical innovations by examining the demand for populism at the mass level. In fact, there is a growing number of studies that measure populist attitudes via surveys to better understand why certain citizens endorse populist ideas, and the impact of populist attitudes on aspects such as voting behavior, partisan preferences and democratic support. This panel brings together papers that measure populist attitudes in different countries and world regions with the aim of showing the state of the art on this topic as well as new avenues of research.

Sub Unit

• Theme Panel

Cosponsor

• DIVISION 11: Comparative Politics

Individual Presentations

• The Relationship between Perceived Representation and Populist Attitudes - Bruno de Paula Castanho Silva, University of Cologne; Christopher Wratil, University College London

• Authoritarian Populism: Theory and Evidence from China - Sarah Eaton, Humboldt University Berlin; Armin Mueller

• Anti-establishment Identities and Populist Appeals. Evidence from Latin America - Carlos Melendez, Universidad Diego Portales

• Do Populist Citizens Support Democracy? - Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser, Universidad Diego Portales; Steven Van Hauwaert

Chair

• Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser Universidad Diego Portales

Discussant

• Kirk A. Hawkins Brigham Young University