What Populists do? Populism and Security Spending in Europe

• In Event: Foreign Policy Consequences of Right-Wing Coalitions

Brief Overview

Do populists increase spending on homeland security but not on international security? To test the theory, we compile a new security spending dataset in EU countries, and examine the relationship between populism and variation in security spending

Authors

• Hadas Aron, New York University

• Emily Jennifer Holland, United States Naval War College

• Suzanne Freeman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology