Am 10.07.2024, 18 Uhr s.t. spricht Marcel Lewandowsky im Institutskolloquium in Raum GFG 01-721 zum Thema Friendly foes or enemies within? Assessing the (in)stability of coalition governments with populists in Europe. Alle Interessierten sind herzlich eingeladen!
Abstract: Do populist parties in government have an impact on government stability? In this paper, we argue that cabinets including populists are more likely to end prematurely because of the populist nature. This includes leadership-centrism, internal conflict and lack of willingness to compromise due to their anti-elite attitude. We test this claim by examining 26 Western and Central Eastern European countries between 1990 and 2021. Even when controlling for the most common factors influencing government stability, populism is the main factor contributing to a cabinet’s termination. Whereas this finding applies to government stability in general, populism does not contribute to earlier termination in countries where populist governments are common. These findings have important implications for our understanding of the effect of populism as well as the circumstances under which populists come to power.
Zur Person: Marcel Lewandowsky ist Privatdozent an der Bundeswehr-Universität Hamburg und seit Sommersemester 2024 Lehrbeauftragter an der Universität Mainz. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen auf dem internationalen Vergleich von Demokratien, Parteien und Populismus. Zuletzt veröffentlichte er in European Political Science Review und Representation. Im Mai 2024 erschien sein Sachbuch „Was Populisten wollen“ im Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch.