This article investigates the rise of populism in Poland, applying an interdisciplinary method, with political, social …, and economic factors as the compound reason for the turn from liberalism towards populism. The methodology of the study is … transition disparities were the main reasons for populism's prevalence. The democratic backsliding has not changed party …

Although the application of the conceptual and analytical framework of economics to the study of populism is still in …. When analyzing populism, economists face two methodological hurdles: lack of consensus and clarity about its definition and … analysis of populism draws concepts from other social sciences such political theory, sociology, history and social psychology. …

Populism is no longer considered a disease of the developing world. In recent decades it has spread throughout Europe … threat to the survival of liberal democracy. Unlike communism, which attacked liberal democracy frontally and sometimes … violently, populism works from within, neutralizing institutional and cultural antibodies. If not stopped, it naturally evolves …