(anti?) constitutional populism
As recently as 1991, when Samuel Huntington investigated what he called the ‘third wave’ of democratization, the term ‘populism’ figured just
Background on Hungary
For those less familiar with the state of things in Hungary, a range of items from Gábor Halmai, one of
Not forgetting … France
In cases of concern to this project, some have just now receded from the headlines but do remain squarely on
Update on Venezuela
Australia has joined many Western countries in recognising Juan Guaidó as the interim president of Venezuela. This move is consistent
Background on the Philippines
With much of the debate on ‘democratic backsliding’ focussed on events in Central and Eastern Europe, in this project we
How to answer ‘citizen emotions’?
In a new paper, The Role of Citizen Emotions in Constitutional Backsliding – Mapping Out Frontiers of New Research, Tomasz
Polish courts – an insight into the worrying state of things
In a new report, put out jointly as a preview by the Stefan Batory Foundation and the European Stability Initiative,
Venezuela in a spiral – towards arbitrariness
Read the sadly prophetic comment from César Rodríguez-Garavito from May 2018, posted on Dejusticia Read more
Emulation value of strong national models
In a ‘food for thought’ podcast from Power 3.0 (a blog from the US-based nonprofit National Endowment for Democracy), speaker
Left or Right? Still crucial
Though the rhetoric of various populists can sound remarkably similar, in his regular column for Project Syndicate Jan-Werner Mueller asks
Trends across Europe
Free market think tank TIMBRO recently released an update on their index of ‘authoritarian populism’ – this makes an assessment
Constitutional populism: 
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