Populism, Technocracy and Crises

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

This panel focuses on the linkages between populism, technocracy and recent crises affecting democracies. The panel will examine how the ideological components of populism and technocracy feature in public opinion, how citizens understand populism and their identification with it, and explore the structure and prevalence of public opinion towards technocracy in politics in the context of the Covid pandemic. The panel will also investigate the positions of politicians and parties in Europe towards the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and examine the challenges raised by misinformation and disinformation for periods of presidential transition.

Sub Unit

• Division 14: Comparative Politics of Advanced Industrial Democracies

Individual Presentations

• Variations in Populist Perceptions: Do Citizens Know What Populism Is? - Anna Brigevich, Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Andrea Wagner, MacEwan University

• Experts, Not Politicians: Technocratic Attitudes during COVID-19 - Eri Bertsou, University of St. Gallen; Daniele Caramani, University of Zurich

• Misinformation during Presidents' First Hundred Days: A Cost/Benefit Analysis - Nicolas Audignon, Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas

• Democracy Devouring Itself: Populism Rising - Shawn W. Rosenberg

Chair

• Zachary David Greene University of Strathclyde

Discussant

• Daphne Halikiopoulou University of York