In part two of the populism series Hunter and Liddell go over the risks of populism and how liberal democracies can rebound against it.

(5:00) Nationalist and Nativist Impulses

(11:00) Tyranny of the majority and minority

(14:00) Performative Populism

(41:00) Populisms connection to competitive authoritarianism

(51:00) How liberal democracy can compromise

(1:09:00) The case of Canada versus UK

(0:00) Defining Populism

(8:15) The Causes of Populism

(30:00) The Cultural Theories about Populism

(40:00) Somewheres and Anywheres

(50:00) Radical Progressivism

(1:08:00) The role of Immigration

(1:35:00) The Lefts Dilemma

Gingrich, J., & Häusermann, S. (2015). The decline of the working-class vote, the reconfiguration of the welfare support coalition and consequences for the welfare state.Eatwell, R., & Goodwin, M. (2018). National populism: The revolt against liberal democracy. Penguin UK.Goodhart, D. (2017). The road to somewhere: The new tribes shaping British politics. Penguin UK.Burgoon, B., Fine, J., Jacoby, W., & Tichenor, D. (2010). Immigration and the transformation of American unionism. International Migration Review, 44(4), 933-973.

In this episode of the comparative series Hunter and Liddell break down democratic institutions and electoral systems. How they impact the outcomes of democracy and then discuss if democracy is worth saving and hot to save it.

(0:00) Defining democratic institutions and electoral systems.

(15:00) Boix on class voting and electoral systems.

(16:50) Cusack, Iversen, and Soskice on labour strength and electoral systems.

(22:00) Perils of Presidentialism, Linz.

(41:00) Critiques of parliamentarism.

(50:00) Pros and Cons of different systems.

(66:00) Is democracy worth saving?

(1:10:00) Civil society as the engine of democratic recovery.

Boix, C., 1999. Setting the rules of the game: the choice of electoral systems in advanced democracies.Cusack, T., Iversen, T. and Soskice, D., 2010. Coevolution of capitalism and political representation: The choice of electoral systems

Juan J. Linz, 2003. “The Perils of Presidentialism.” In The Democracy Sourcebook, eds., Robert Dahl, Ian Shapiro, and Jose Antonio Cheibub.

Arend Lijphart, 1991. “Constitutional Choices for New Democracies.”