Populism and Judicial Independence: A Comparative Study of Executive Aggrandizement in Turkey, Ecuador, and Poland

• In Event: Populism and the State of Democracy

Brief Overview

Populist incumbents are especially notorious with executive aggrandizement. In this paper, I concentrate on how populist governments gradually undermine democratic checks and balances, specifically judicial independence.

Author

• Didem Seyis, Binghamton University