On the Relationship Between Democracy and Populism

Tore Vincents Olsen

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-60483-6_2

On the Relationship Between Democracy and Populism

Tore Vincents Olsen

Department of Political Science

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Abstract

This chapter aims to provide tools to map the extensive discussion about the relationship between populism and democracy. It points both to the contestation of the two concepts and the need for political scientists to settle their meaning. Without doing so, the chapter proposes, they relinquish the ability to say anything about whether the relationship between populism and democracy is conflictual, and whether reactions to populism entail defense of democracy. The chapter argues that conceptions of populism and democracy plausibly conflict in three ways: how politics is practiced between citizens and parties; how political institutions should be structured; and, in relation to rights distributing policies. It outlines how the three conflicts are interrelated, not least with regard to the justification of policies and the fundamental nature of political institutions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Democratic Defence as Normal Politics : Everyday Opposition to Populist Parties in Multilevel Europe
Editors	Angela K. Bourne
Number of pages	19
Place of publication	Cham
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date	22 Sept 2024
Pages	27-45
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-60482-9
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-60483-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60483-6_2
Publication status	Published - 22 Sept 2024

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