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Digital Democracy and the Growing Threat of Illiberalism. Opportunities and Limitations as Reflected by the Estonian Case

Perspective Politice, 2023
Currently, the fourth and fifth waves of the industrial revolution are shaping the global political, economic, and social landscape. The development of robotics, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality (VR), doubled by the emerging importance of ...
Eugen GABOR, Marian OANCEA, Vladimir Pripp   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ethnic Minority Representation After the 2024 General Election: Does Ethnicity No Longer Matter?

The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 127-133, January/March 2025.
Abstract With a new record of ethnic minority MPs elected in 2024, Westminster is nearly fully representative of voters of ethnic minority origins. This outcome was not entirely dependent on Labour's landslide, with pre‐election analyses showing that diversity of MPs would have improved with all possible election results.
Maria Sobolewska
wiley   +1 more source

Challenging Democracy: Understanding How the Ideas of Populists and Disenchanted Citizens Align

Politics and Governance
This thematic issue proceeds from the idea that, despite extensive research, we do not know enough about the alternatives to representative party democracy that people disenchanted with democracy and populists envision apart from greater citizen ...
Reinhard Heinisch, Oscar Mazzoleni
doaj   +1 more source

The Erosion of Constitutionalism via Constitutional Entrepreneurship: Lessons from Slovakia

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The 2023 Slovak general election resulted in an illiberal coalition keen to transform the political regime following its Hungarian neighbour's post‐2010 example. Using the Slovak case, this article shows the key role of political party leaders’ constitutional entrepreneurship in the erosion of constitutionalism. Constitutional entrepreneurship
Darina Malová, Max Steuer
wiley   +1 more source

When Illiberals Govern: Educational and Cultural Policies in Hungary and Poland

Politics and Governance
Illiberal governments have been widely associated with democratic backsliding, the erosion of the rule of law, and executive aggrandisement. However, their impact on the various domains of knowledge production has not received enough scholarly attention.
Péter Radó, Bálint Mikola
doaj   +1 more source

Illiberalism and the Deinstitutionalization of Public Diplomacy: The Rise of Hungary and Viktor Orbán in American Conservative Media

Communication & Society (Formerly Comunicación y Sociedad), 2023
The promotion of Hungary and Viktor Orbán among American conservatives is often presented as a warning of conservative embrace of illiberal politics.
Carla Cabrera-Cuadrado, John Chrobak
doaj   +1 more source

Rural but not radical right: The rural‐urban cleavage in Norway

Scandinavian Political Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Conventional wisdom claims that rural voters are politically mobilized by right‐wing and culturally conservative forces, while urban voters are left‐leaning and have progressive cultural views. Leveraging original survey data from Norway, our work challenges this dichotomy.
Kiran R. Auerbach, Marta R. Eidheim, Anne L. Fimreite   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alternatives to Liberal Democracies and Their Consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe

Politics and Governance
This article tentatively examines the rise and impact of populism, illiberalism, and authoritarianism as alternatives to liberal democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, using data from the 10th European Social Survey.
Radoslaw Markowski, Michał Kotnarowski
doaj   +1 more source

Conceptualizing moral migration: how disillusionment and the transnational right motivate migration to Russia Conceptualiser la migration morale : comment les désillusions et la droite transnationale motivent l’émigration vers la Russie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Russia is consistently a top migration destination. While most migrate to Russia from other post‐Soviet countries, a small but highly visible group of the Russian‐speaking diaspora has returned from Europe and North America. Lauded in Russian media as ‘ideological migrants’, their narratives at first glance echo those of the state as they claim to flee
Lauren Woodard
wiley   +1 more source

Illiberal Social Policy in Europe: When Policy Implementation Meets Welfare Ideas

Politics and Governance
This article examines the role of social policy in the electoral success of illiberal political parties in Europe between 2010 and 2024, systematically comparing social policies of illiberal actors in Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Poland.
Dorottya Szikra, Lauritz Autischer
doaj   +1 more source