Populism has the potential to damage European democracy, but demonising populist parties is self-defeating

Taggart, Paul (2012) Populism has the potential to damage European democracy, but demonising populist parties is self-defeating. European Politics and Policy at LSE (13 Dec 2012). Website.

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Paul Taggart assesses the challenge of populism to European democracy. He argues that while populism can have significant negative effects on representative politics, the demonisation of populist parties is self-defeating. Rather than tackling populism as a concept, it is important to deal substantively with the issues raised by populist politicians, such as immigration, multiculturalism and European integration.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog//
Additional Information:	© 2012 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	26 Mar 2013 13:31
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 18:15
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/49452

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