Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Course Objective: This course aims to examine the phenomenon of populism, which has become a significant political force in contemporary European politics. After presenting different theoretical approaches to the main characteristics and dynamics of populism, the reasons for its current rise will be analyzed in the light of the history of populism in Europe. It will then question the effects of the transformation of populist parties, especially populist radical right-wing parties, into established actors on existing political systems that center parties have dominated for many years. The electoral success of populist parties on the right and left wings will be explained, focusing on both the party and the electorate sides. Finally, the impact of the rise of populist parties on liberal democratic institutions and at the policy level, particularly on immigration, welfare, and citizenship policies, as well as reactions to populism, will be analyzed. All these analyses will take into account both the national and EU levels.
Course Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Theories of populism: Ideational, strategic, and performative approaches
3. History of populism in Europe, the reasons
for its current rise
4. Populist parties in European politics: from
marginal to established actors
5. Varieties of Populism I: Populist radical
right (political parties and movements, elections and electoral support)
6. Varieties of Populism I: Populist radical
right (political parties and movements, elections and electoral support)
7. Varieties of Populism II: Left-wing
populism (political parties and movements, elections and electoral support)
8. Varieties of Populism II: Left-wing
populism (political parties and movements, elections and electoral support)
9. Impacts of populism on institutions,
politics, and policies
10. Is it crisis of democracy? Responses to
populism
11. Presentations
12. Presentations
13. Presentations
14. Presentations
Week 1:
Introduction
Week 2:
Theories of populism: Ideational, strategy, performative approaches
Required Readings:
Mudde, C., Rovira Kaltwasser, C. Populism: A
Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp.1-20
Rovira Kaltwasser, C. et al., 2017. “Populism:
An Overview of the Concept and the State of the Art”, The Oxford Handbook of
Populism. Ed. Rovira Kaltwasser, C. et al., Oxford: Oxford University Press.
pp.1-24.
Moffitt, B. 2016. The Global Rise of Populism:
Performance, Political Style, and Representation. Stanford: Stanford University
Press. pp.28-50.
Week 3:
History of populism in Europe, the reasons for its current rise
Mudde, C., Rovira Kaltwasser, 2017. C.
Populism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
pp.97-118.
Hawkins, K., et al. 2017. “Populism and Its
Causes”, The Oxford Handbook of Populism. Ed. Rovira Kaltwasser, C. et al.,
Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 267-286.
Week 4:
Populist parties in European politics: from marginal to established actors
Required Readings:
Zulianello, M. 2020. “Varieties of Populist
Parties and Party Systems in Europe: From State-of-the-Art to the Application
of a Novel Classification Scheme to 66 Parties in 33 Countries”, Government and
Opposition, 55, 327-347.
Roberts, K.M. 2017. “Populism and Populist
Parties”, The Oxford Handbook of Populism. Ed. Rovira Kaltwasser, C. et al.,
Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 287-304.
Wolinetz, S., Zaslove, A. 2018. “The Impact of
Populist Parties on Party Systems”, Absorbing the Blow- Populist Parties and
Their Impact on Parties and Party Systems. Ed.Wolinetz, S., Zaslove, A., London
and New York: ECPR Press. pp. 3-23.
Week 5:
Varieties of Populism I: Right-wing populism Varieties of Populism I: Populist
radical right (political parties and movements, elections and electoral support)
Mudde, C. 2007. Populist Radical Right Parties
in Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kaya, A., Tecmen, A. 2019. “Europe versus
Islam?: Right-Wing Populist Discourse and the Construction of a Civilizational
Identity”, The Review of Faith and International Affairs, 17 (1), 49-64.
Stanley, B. 2017. 2017. “Populism in Central
and Eastern Europe”, The Oxford Handbook of Populism. Ed. Rovira Kaltwasser, C.
et al., Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp.140-160.
Week 6:
Varieties of Populism I: Right-wing populism Varieties of Populism I: Populist
radical right (political parties and movements, elections and electoral
support)
Mudde, C. 2007. Populist Radical Right Parties
in Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kaya, A., Tecmen, A. 2019. “Europe versus
Islam?: Right-Wing Populist Discourse and the Construction of a Civilizational
Identity”, The Review of Faith and International Affairs, 17 (1), 49-64.
Stanley, B. 2017. 2017. “Populism in Central
and Eastern Europe”, The Oxford Handbook of Populism. Ed. Rovira Kaltwasser, C.
et al., Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp.140-160.
Week 7:
Varieties of Populism II: Left-wing populism (political parties and movements,
elections and electoral support)
Mouffe, C. 2018. For a Left Populism. London
and New York: Verso
Charalambous, G. and G.Ioannou “Introducing
the Topic and the Concepts in Left Radicalism and Populism in Europe pp.1-30
Prentoulis, M. 2021. Left Populism in Europe:
Lessons from Jerermy Corbyn to Podemos. London: Pluto Press. pp.82-103.
Week 8:
Varieties of Populism II: Left-wing populism (political parties and movements,
elections and electoral support)
Mouffe, C. 2018. For a Left Populism. London
and New York: Verso
Charalambous, G. and G.Ioannou “Introducing
the Topic and the Concepts in Left Radicalism and Populism in Europe pp.1-30
Prentoulis, M. 2021. Left Populism in Europe:
Lessons from Jerermy Corbyn to Podemos. London: Pluto Press. pp.82-103.
Week 9:
Impacts of populism on institutions, politics and policies
Required Readings:
Kaya, A. 2023. “Influence of Populism on the
European Migration Agenda”, IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook. https://www.iemed.org/publication/influence-of-populism-on-the-european-migration-agenda/ ,
Access: December 6, 2023.
Demetrios, G. et al. 2018. “In Search of a New
Equilibrium: Immigration Policymaking in the Newest Era of Nativist Populism”,
Migration Policy Institute, https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/immigration-policymaking-nativist-populism ,
Access: December 6, 2023.
Week 10:
Is it crisis of democracy? Responses to populism
Required Readings:
Weyland, K. 2019. “Populism and
Authoritarianism”, Routledge Handbook of Global Populism, Ed. de la Torre, C.,
London and New York: Routledge. pp.319-333.
Damiani, M. 2019. “Radical Left-wing Populism
and Democracy in Europe”, Routledge Handbook of Global Populism, Ed. de la
Torre, C., London and New York: Routledge. pp.295-306