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Populist attitudes and challenges towards liberal democracy: an empirical assessment of the Turkish case

dc.contributor.coauthorElçi, Ezgi
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of International Relations
dc.contributor.kuauthorÇarkoğlu, Ali
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteCollege of Administrative Sciences and Economics
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-09T23:45:00Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe rise of populism presents a challenge to liberal democracy in various countries. This article questions how populist attitudes affect the democratic preferences of the electorate. Using representative survey data fielded from Turkey in 2019, we first tested the effect of populist attitudes on illiberal democratic attitudes. The results show the negative impact of populism on support for illiberal democratic attitudes. Next, we analyzed which dimension of populism correlates with illiberal democratic preferences. Our results pointed to the negative influence of the Manichean outlook on preferences concerning democracy. Contrary to expectations, as anti-elitist and people-centric attitudes increase, support for illiberal democracy decreases. Hence, the relative emphasis on different dimensions of populism is likely to shape the net balance of its influence on democracy. Electoral alliance preferences also shape democracy preferences. The ruling People's Alliance voters are more supportive of illiberal democracy than the opposition blocs and parties.
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dc.description.publisherscopeInternational
dc.description.sponsoredbyTubitakEuN/A
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) [217K177] The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by funding from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) (grant number: 217K177).
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/01925121221119297
dc.identifier.eissn1460-373X
dc.identifier.issn0192-5121
dc.identifier.quartileQ2
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85138229580
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/01925121221119297
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/13763
dc.identifier.wos849426500001
dc.keywordsPopulism
dc.keywordsIlliberal democracy
dc.keywordsDemocratic backsliding
dc.keywordsTurkey
dc.keywordsSurvey analysis
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Political Science Review
dc.subjectPolitical science
dc.titlePopulist attitudes and challenges towards liberal democracy: an empirical assessment of the Turkish case
dc.typeJournal Article
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