maintenance of liberal democracy on many fronts. Social scientists' attention to populism has grown rapidly, although it remains …? Is populism a threat to liberal democracy? If so, what kind of threat? And what can be done about it? Employing a range … somewhat fragmented across disciplines. Many questions remain. Are populism's causes economic or cultural? National or local …

, and the general public around the world. The rise of populism and populists has prompted a profound reevaluation of the … unique journey, focusing its analytical lens on the enigmatic landscape of the potentialities of populism within the East …, delving into the intricate web of the political, cultural, and social nuances that shape the trajectory of populism within …

democracy. This review presents findings from framework programme projects and in general takes stock of European research on … threats to democracy. …

. We split the postwar decades in three periods: the catching-up period, the overt populism period of 1973-1993, and the … 1993-2008 of stealth populism. In each period, we identify the important players to see how they managed to forge a …. The covert populism of the last period used an unsustainable expansion of foreign borrowing to allow for an …

Why turn to populism as a resource for understanding the challenges and possibilities of democracy, when we live amidst … politics and democracy are generated by left and right forms of populism, in what ways they reinforce existing configurations … social, economic, and political constellations that pervert both the populist foundations of democracy and the democratic …