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Moodle page for the course: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=8142
This course provides an introduction to the main sociological theories of populism. The populist political phenomenon is analyzed from the point of view of the social dynamics of democracy and not only, as is the case with political science, from the point of view of institutional structures. The objective of this course, which is divided into lectures and seminars, is to provide the student with a sociological perspective on the transformations of democracy due to the pressure of populism. It will be analyzed main general theories (Germani, Laclau, Canovan), the contemporary theories of populism (Weyland, Mudde etc.) and also the most paradigmatic cases of populism, such as Latin American, Italian, European, will be discussed. Last update: Dvořák Tomáš, Mgr., Ph.D. (19.09.2023)
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Courses credits: 8 ECTS Type of completion: Exam (Zk) (final essay evaluation & test) Assessment methods Final essay (around 3000 words long) – 70 points max Final test (last december lecture) - 30 points max The evaluation criteria will be explained in the first lecture. Grading system 91 % and more => A 81-90 % => B 71-80 % => C 61-70 % => D 51-60 % => E 0-50 % => F (failed) Essay: The aim of the essay is to argue why a particular political party or politician is populist. The work must present the theory of populism and apply it to a given empirical case. The work must be written as an academic text with the following requirements: abstract, references and citations, structure containing introduction-theory-methodology-analysis and conclusion. Test: The test consists of 10 closed single-choice questions on basic literature and concepts. To successfully complete the test, it is necessary to study the literature (available on Moodle). Essay deadline: 14.1.2026 Test dates: 7.1.2026 14.1.2026 21.1.2026 Last update: Dvořák Tomáš, Mgr., Ph.D. (14.01.2026)
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Arato A., Cohen J. L. 2021. Populism and Civil Society: The Challenge to Constitutional Democracy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Carlos de la Torre, Populism and Nationalism in Latin America, Public, 24(3):1-16 · July 2017 Gidron N, Bonikowski B. Varieties of Populism: Literature Review and Research Agenda, in Weatherhead Working Paper Series, No. 13-0004 ; 2013. Manuel Anselmi, Populism and Quality of Democracy. Italy and Venezuela in Comparative Perspective, Etnografia e Ricerca Qualitativa, Il Mulino, 1/2015, January-April, pp. 35-54. Manuel Anselmi, Populism. An Introduction. Routledge, 2017 Marco Tarchi (2015) Italy: the promised land of populism?, Contemporary Italian Politics, 7:3, 273-285, Mazzoleni, G. (2008). Populism and the media. In D. Albertazzi & D. McDonnell (Eds.), Twenty-first century populism: The spectre of Western European democracy (pp. 49– 64). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. Paul Blokker (2019). Constitutional Populism, a chapter from Routledge Handbook of Global Populism. Greven, Thomas (2016) The Rise of Right-wing Populism in Europe and the United States. A Comparative Perspective, working paper. Last update: Uherek Zdeněk, doc. PhDr., CSc. (06.11.2023)
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1. Lecture 1: Course introduction 2. Lecture 2: Main theoretical approaches and conceptual frameworks 3. Lecture 3: Latin American populism 4. Lecture 4: Classical theories of populism: Gino Germani, Torcuato di Tella 5. Lecture 5: Varieties of populism: Theory of Margaret Canovan 6. Lecture 6: The concept of ideology (Freeden) 7. Lecture 7: Populism as ideology I (Cas Mudde) 8. Lecture 8: Populism as ideology II (Paul Taggart) 9. Lecture 9: Populism as Strategy (Kurt Weyland) 10. Lecture 10: Populism as Discourse (Ernesto Laclau) 11. Lecture 11: Populism and technocracy 12. Lecture 12: Test Last update: Dvořák Tomáš, Mgr., Ph.D. (07.09.2022)
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