CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Danaj, Adela |
|---|---|
| Title | THE RISE OF POPULISM-Whose fault? |
| Summary | Scholars have shown that low economic performance, unstable labor markets and low investment on education are associated with the increase of the populist discourse. The results of the last European Elections, initially has been warned by the national elections of 2017 and 2018 in countries like France, Italy, Hungary and other European consolidated countries, when the populist parties took power. Using multivariate regression analysis and a study case method as a complementary method, the main aim of the study is to test whether there is an association between the corruption, the labor market, education with the rise of populist discourse. The study is separated in two stage. The first stage of analysis involves with 40 countries from Europe, North America, Latin America and Central Asia. The second stage of the analysis uses one study case, aiming to understand the mechanisms in-between the economic and political features. Austria has been selected as the case study. The study focuses on the effect of the economic and political dimension on the rise of populism. The conclusion highlights several main findings. The results of analyzing unstable labor markets, corruption and low investments on education by the government, suggest that populist discourse is likely to arise when the determinants interact with each other and are controlled by the party ideology and government system. The findings of the first stage of analysis has been supported by the findings of the second stage analysis. |
| Supervisor | Levente Littvay (Levi) |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/danaj_adela.pdf |
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