This paper discusses the current prospects of democracy in Europe from four perspectives:
the birdʼs-eye view of long-term trends; the perspective of citizens' support of democratic …

Populism is best understood as a symptom of growing dissatisfaction with democracy, which
emerges when citizens believe that political institutions are unwilling or unable to respond to …

The central political paradox of the times is that the factors that contributed to the success of
democracy are the ones that threaten it today. The crisis of trust in democratic institutions in …

Populism is no longer merely a feature of certain parties or other political actors. It is the new
condition of the political in Europe. The result is a brand of politics where the main structural …

Gerry Stoker concludes his recent book Why Politics Matters by affirming:'Achieving mass
democracy was the great triumph of the twentieth century. Learning to live with it will be the …

Populism and technocracy reject vertical accountability and horizontal accountability.
Populism and technocracy can combine to form 'technocratic populism.'The study assesses …

Abstract 'Government of the people, by the people, for the people'. This famous phrase,
pronounced by President Abraham Lincoln in his 1863 Gettysburg Address, could easily be …

As the clock struck midnight on 31 December 1992 and Czechoslovakia officially ceased to
exist, the anthems of its two successor states, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, were …

The enduring electoral success of populist parties across Europe and the increasing
opportunities they have gained to access government in recent years bring once more into …

This thesis deals with public support for the democratic political system in the new Central
and East European member states of the European Union. The main aim of this study is to …