CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Szucs, Ferenc |
|---|---|
| Title | Populism and the Freedom of Speech |
| Summary | In this paper I analyze the relationship of populism and the information transmission between di¤erent groups of the society. The main goal of the paper is to understand the emergence of right-wing populism and the strong associations between populism and anti-intellectualism. The key idea is that populist policy is used by incompetent governments to discredit the criticism of the intellectuals. The paper claims that populism is in positive relationship with social con‡ict and with the probability of a pro-intellectual government. The thesis also implies that free press and social cohesion are complements in decreasing populism and there is a relationship between populism and the decline of press freedom. In addition, I provide anecdotal and empirical evidence to support the mechanism and the implications of the model. |
| Supervisor | Adam Szeidl |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/szucs_ferenc.pdf |
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