Shades of populism in Europe and the world 2100-ERASMUS-SHPO

Dates of our lessons:
1. 2 October
2. 23 October
3. 6 November
4. 13 November
5. 20 November
6. 27 November
7. 4 December
8. 11 December
9. 8 January
10. 15 January

Requirements:
1. Presence / Maximum 1 absence. Each additional absence requires writing a 350–500-word essay concerning the subject of the class that quotes the required class reading (graded, counting to the active participation mark)
2. Preparation for each class, including:
a) Reading and watching all the class-required materials
b) Preparing for each class a short (1-minute) political overview of your country
3. Active participation
4. Giving one 7-minute presentation each.
5. Passing the final test (min. 70% is a pass mark)

Grades:
Final test – 40% of the grade
Presentation – 30% of the grade
Quality active participation – 30% of the grade

Provisional Reading List:
Bryan, W.J. (1896). „Cross of Gold” speech. History Matters. https://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5354/
Graff, A., & Korolczuk, E. (2022). Anti‐gender politics in the populist moment. Routledge.
Grzebalska, W., Kováts, E., & Pető, A. (2017, Jan‐ uary 13). Gender as symbolic glue: How “gender” became an umbrella term for the rejection of the (neo)liberal order. Political Critique.
Grzebalska, W., & Pető, A. (2018). The gendered modus operandi of the illiberal transformation in Hungary and Poland. Women’s Studies International Forum, 68, 164–172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif. 2017.12.001
Hofstadter, R. (1964). The paranoid style in American politics. Harper’s Magazine, 1964(November). https://harpers.org/archive/1964/11/the‐ paranoid‐ style‐ in‐ american‐ politics
Kaltwasser, C. R., & Mudde, C. (2017). Populism. A very short introduction. Oxford University Press.
Levitsky, S., & Way, L. A. (2002). The rise of competitive authoritarianism. Journal of Democracy, 13(2), 51–65. https://scholar.harvard.edu/levitsky/ files/SL_elections.pdf
Moffit, B. (2016). The global rise of populism. Performance, political style, and representation. Stanford University Press.
Mudde, C. (2004). The Populist Zeitgeist. Government and Opposition https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/2CD34F8B25C4FFF4F322316833DB94B7/S0017257X00002372a.pdf/div-class-title-the-populist-zeitgeist-div.pdf
Müller, J.‐W. (2016). What is populism. University of Pennsylvania Press.
Nai, A., & Maier, J. (2024). Dark Politics. The Personality of Politicians and the Future of Democracy. New York: Oxford University Press.
Orban, V. speech: https://budapestbeacon.com/full-text-of-viktor-orbans-speech-at-baile-tusnad-tusnadfurdo-of-26-july-2014/
Sadurski, W. (2022). A Pandemic of Populists. Cambridge University Press.
Vance, J. D. (2016), Hillbilly Elegy. A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, London: William Collins.
Zakaria, F. (1997, November/December). The Rise of Illiberal Democracy. Foreign Affairs. https://web.archive.org/web/20110118205752id_/http://www.unc.edu/~rlstev/Text/Illiberal%20democracy.pdf

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