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Ruzha Smilova

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ID6108079
NAMERuzha Smilova
GIVEN NAMESRuzha
FAMILY NAMESmilova
SIGNATURESMILOVA R
AFFILIATIONSSofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
ORCID0000-0002-9169-0347
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR3
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1
  • Conceptual Space for Illiberal Democracy

    Open Access•Ruzha Smilova•ARTICLE•Politics and Governance•2025•Cited by: 1•References: 20

    For over a decade, populists have been experimenting with a new political regime–illiberal democracy. Vocal proponents, such as Hungary’s PM Viktor Orbán, develop “democratic illiberalism” as an ideational model for the illiberal‐democratic regime they are building. Exploiting the normative appeal of popular sovereignty as the master legitimating frame for political authority in our age, illiberals in power try to subvert liberal democracies from…

  • The Ideational Core of Democratic Illiberalism

    Ruzha Smilova•CHAPTER•Routledge Handbook of Illiberalism•2021

    The chapter argues that the theory and practice of illiberalism is evolving into a new composite ideology designed for our democratic age. This ideology purports to offer a new model for the social and political order without breaking free from the master legitimating frame of our age: popular sovereignty as the ultimate source of state authority. Exploiting its normative appeal, contemporary illiberalism builds on the democratic ideal yet stretc…

  • James Mark, Bogdan C. Iacob, Tobias Rupprecht and Ljubica Spaskovska. 1989

    Ruzha Smilova•ARTICLE•Southeastern Europe•2021

  • Conceptual Space for Illiberal Democracy

    Open Access•Ruzha Smilova•ARTICLE•Politics and Governance•2025•Cited by: 1•References: 20

    For over a decade, populists have been experimenting with a new political regime–illiberal democracy. Vocal proponents, such as Hungary’s PM Viktor Orbán, develop “democratic illiberalism” as an ideational model for the illiberal‐democratic regime they are building. Exploiting the normative appeal of popular sovereignty as the master legitimating frame for political authority in our age, illiberals in power try to subvert liberal democracies from…

  • The Ideational Core of Democratic Illiberalism

    Ruzha Smilova•CHAPTER•Routledge Handbook of Illiberalism•2021

    The chapter argues that the theory and practice of illiberalism is evolving into a new composite ideology designed for our democratic age. This ideology purports to offer a new model for the social and political order without breaking free from the master legitimating frame of our age: popular sovereignty as the ultimate source of state authority. Exploiting its normative appeal, contemporary illiberalism builds on the democratic ideal yet stretc…

  • James Mark, Bogdan C. Iacob, Tobias Rupprecht and Ljubica Spaskovska. 1989

    Ruzha Smilova•ARTICLE•Southeastern Europe•2021

  • Conceptual Space for Illiberal Democracy

    Open Access•Ruzha Smilova•ARTICLE•Politics and Governance•2025•Cited by: 1•References: 20

    For over a decade, populists have been experimenting with a new political regime–illiberal democracy. Vocal proponents, such as Hungary’s PM Viktor Orbán, develop “democratic illiberalism” as an ideational model for the illiberal‐democratic regime they are building. Exploiting the normative appeal of popular sovereignty as the master legitimating frame for political authority in our age, illiberals in power try to subvert liberal democracies from…

Computer Science (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Ancient history (1 work) · Core (optical fiber) (1 work) · Economic system (1 work) · Economics (1 work) · Foucault, Power, and Ethics (1 work)

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