Democratic Defence as Normal Politics: Everyday Opposition to Populist Parties in Multilevel Europe
Bourne, Angela
- 出版商: Palgrave MacMillan
- 出版日期: 2024-10-26
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- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 278
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- ISBN: 3031604822
- ISBN-13: 9783031604829
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商品描述
Populist parties in Europe attract many more votes than they did just a few
decades ago and are now much more likely to govern. They have also become key
players in the international sphere. At the same time, the relationship between
democracy and populism is subject to substantial scholarly and public debate.
This raises questions about opposition to this controversial set of political
actors: do opponents favour the use of rights-restricting and
exclusionary repertoires typical of 'militant democracy' responses to anti-
democratic or extremist parties? Or do opponents favour the ordinary, persuasive
and sometimes inclusive strategies more typical of the daily conduct of liberal
democratic politics? To what extent is opposition conceived of as democratic
defence? How do strategies vary among countries and in relation to different
types of populist parties? How do international and transnational actors respond?
Addressing these questions, the book presents new research mapping opposition
to the Hungarian Civic Alliance (Fidesz), Law and Justice in Poland, Alternative for
Germany, League and Five Start Movement in Italy, Podemos and Vox in Spain,
the Sweden Democrats and the Danish People's Party. It argues that opposition
to populist parties in contemporary Europe is, in most cases, best conceived of as
democratic defence as normal politics. That is, while there is no direct link
between populism and a decline in democratic quality, critical claims justifying
acts of opposition often problematise populist parties as threats to
liberal democratic principles and values. At the same time, opponents are
more likely to respond to populist parties using the repertoires of normal
politics - or strategies typically employed against less controversial
groupings - than the exceptional, rights-restricting instruments typically used
against extremists. The case of Alternative for Germany, in which exceptional
politics continues to guide much opposition, remains a case apart.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
歐洲的民粹主義政黨吸引了比幾十年前更多的選票,現在更有可能執政。它們也成為國際舞台上的關鍵角色。與此同時,民主與民粹主義之間的關係受到學術界和公眾的廣泛辯論。這引發了對這一具有爭議性的政治行為集合的反對的問題:反對者是否支持限制權利和排斥性手段,這些手段是對反民主或極端主義政黨的「激進民主」反應的典型特徵?還是反對者更傾向於採用日常自由民主政治中更典型的說服和包容策略?反對被視為民主防衛的程度如何?不同國家和不同類型的民粹主義政黨之間的策略如何變化?國際和跨國行為者如何回應?本書通過研究匈牙利公民聯盟(Fidesz)、波蘭法律與正義黨、德國另類選擇、意大利聯盟和五星運動、西班牙Podemos和Vox、瑞典民主黨和丹麥人民黨等對民粹主義政黨的反對,提出了新的研究成果。該書認為,在當代歐洲,對民粹主義政黨的反對在大多數情況下最好被視為正常政治的民主防衛。也就是說,雖然民粹主義與民主質量下降之間沒有直接聯繫,但批評性的主張常常將民粹主義政黨視為對自由民主原則和價值觀的威脅。與此同時,反對者更有可能使用正常政治的手段來回應民粹主義政黨,而不是針對極端主義者使用的特殊、限制權利的手段。然而,德國另類選擇黨的情況仍然是一個特例,其中特殊政治仍然指導著大部分反對行動。
作者簡介
Angela Bourne is Professor (with Special Responsibilities) at Roskilde University.
Her other publications include Responding to Populist Parties in Europe (2023,
Oxford University Press) and Democratic Dilemmas: Why Democracies
Ban Political Parties (2018, Routledge).
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
「Angela Bourne」是羅斯基爾德大學的特聘教授。她的其他出版物包括《回應歐洲民粹主義政黨》(2023年,牛津大學出版社)和《民主困境:為何民主國家禁止政黨》(2018年,羅特利奇出版社)。