What happens to public administration when populists are elected into government? This
article argues that populists seek to realize an anti-pluralist reform agenda, thereby fuelling …

From the co-authors of the classic Civil Society and Political Theory, Populism and Civil
Society offers an empirically informed, systematic theoretical analysis of the political …

The postcommunist countries were amongst the most fervent and committed adopters of
neoliberal economic reforms. Not only did they manage to overcome the anticipated …

In a July 2014 speech in Băile Tu § nad, Romania, recently re-elected Hungarian Prime
Minister Viktor Orban declared that it was time for Hungary to 'abandon liberal methods and …

This vibrant and significantly revised new edition is a comprehensive and accessible text for
studying political theory in a changing world. Bringing together classic and contemporary …

Every other day, books and articles are published that examine the withering of democracy
across multiple national contexts, perhaps best summarized by Steven Levitsky and Daniel …

Is democracy worth saving? Responding to the erosion of democracy, philosophical debates
have pivoted from analyzing the best forms of democracy to questioning what is so valuable …

Should representative governments restrict the democratic rights of their extremist
opponents? The first edited collection to boast an international group of political scientists …

This study looks at the radical right within a 'canonical framework of democracy'which has
the power to explain the unique paradoxes present in the Romanian case. Another …

This Article explores whether and how contemporary constitutionalism may have triggered
or facilitated populism and its illiberal agenda. In particular, it focuses on some of the legal …