Populism and Protest in Poland
Abstract
The 2015 victory of Poland's Law and Justice (PiS) party is an example of the rise of contemporary authoritarian populism. The PiS's rise can be attributed to a cultural backlash against "long-term ongoing social change," and not, as the "Poland in ruins" theory holds, against trenchant inequality or downward mobility. In spite of its limited core electorate and by virtue of a number of distinct factors, the PiS gained a parliamentary absolute majority; it has since drawn on this majority to dismantle democratic checks and balances. The PiS's policies have led to intensifying xenophobia, aggressive nationalism, and unprecedented polarisation that have engendered deep splits within Polish society and have given rise to social protest movements not seen in Poland since 1989.
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Democratic backsliding is linked by some to a cultural backlash against ongoing social changes including progress in gender equality.
“Others link democratic backsliding to a cultural backlash against ongoing social changes including progress in gender equality (Fomina & Kucharczyk, 2016;Norris, 2016).”
From Towards a Conceptual Framework for Struggles over Democracy in Backsliding States: Gender Equality Policy in Central Eastern Europe (2018) · cites this paper as Fomina & Kucharczyk, 2016
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- Authors
- Fomina, J., & Kucharczyk, J.
- ORCID
- Fomina, Joanna
- Venue
- Journal of Democracy
- Publisher
- Project MUSE
- Published
- 2016
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 58-68
- ISSN
- 1045-5736 (ISSN-L)
- 1086-3214
- OpenAlex
- W2532449265
- Cited by
- 178
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 96.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of democracy (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Populism, Right-Wing Movements
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Theory and Democracy
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Keywords
- Law and Justice party, authoritarian populism, cultural backlash, social change, democratic backsliding, checks and balances, xenophobia, nationalism, social polarization, protest movements
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