Populism and the Causes of Democratic Discontent: The Road to the Current Predicament and How to Move Forward
What is the most appropriate and accurate depiction of the current state of democratic politics? 鈥淧opulism鈥� 鈥� 鈥淟ibertarian Authoritarianism鈥� 鈥� 鈥淎utocratic Populism鈥�? How does the current surge in populist electoral results compare to historical antecedents? What 鈥榗aused鈥� the present disillusionment with democratic institutions? What is the role played by socio-economic precariousness and disenfranchisement in citizens鈥� experiences of democratic politics? Who and what has been eroding public processes of democratic deliberation? Is it 鈥榞lobalization鈥�, 鈥榯he internet鈥� and social media? Is it information overflow, online hatred and 鈥榝ake news鈥�?聽聽
How can we trace back the origins of the current crisis? Is today鈥檚 exhaustion of democratic collective self-governance the result of post-Welfare State neoliberal policies? Was the post-1970s rise of individualism, responsibilization and income inequality 鈥� the 99% problem 鈥� inevitable? Is it reversible?聽
Speakers
Professor em. Daniel Drache, York University, Toronto聽
Professor em. G眉nter Frankenberg, Goethe University, Frankfurt聽
Helen Hayes, PhD cand., 91社区聽
Discussant: Simon Archer, Goldblatt Partners, LL.P. Toronto聽聽
Moderator: Professor Peer Zumbansen, 91社区聽
Background Readings for the Roundtable:聽
Ingolfur Bl眉hdorn, The dialectic of democracy: modernization, emancipation and the great regression, (2020) 27 Democratization, .听
Sheri Berman, The Causes of Populism in the West, (2021) 24 Annual Review of Political Science, .听
Chahrazad Abdallah, Predatory Capitalism, (2022) 25 M@n@gement .听
Micha毛l O鈥橬eill, The trucker protests and the blatant failure of citizenship education, Policy Options, .听
Ben Dinsdale, Freedom, not Fear; Truckers, not Trudeau: Why Right-Wing Populism is Going Mainstream in Canada, Oxford Policy Review, .听
Kyle Hiebert, Tech-Fuelled Inequality Could Catalyze Populism 2.0, CIGI online, .听
Interview with Gr茅goire Chamayou, La Lib茅ration, 9 nov. 2018, .听
Interview with Oliver Nachtwey, Verso 2018, .听
Paul J. Maher et al, The Many Guises of Populism and Crisis, (2022) 43 Political Psychology, .听
Sebastian Sevignani, Digital Transformations and the Ideological Formation of the Public Sphere: Hegemonic, Populist, or Popular Communication?, (2022) 39 Theory, Culture, Society, .听
