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The Pushback Against Populism

Running on "Radical Love" in Turkey

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ID6287466
AuthorsF Michael Wuthrich (0000-0002-7614-9886), Melvyn Ingleby
Year2020
Volume31
Issue2
Pages24-40
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of democracy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jod.2020.0034
OpenAlexW3015743236
LanguageEN
Citations received24

Drawing from the 2019 mayoral elections in Turkey, this paper highlights a path that opposition parties might take to defuse polarized environments and avoid playing into the political traps set by populists in power. The particular type of moral and amplified polarization that accompanies populism's essential "thin" ideology builds a barrier between a populist's supporters and the opposition. Yet the CHP opposition in Turkey has recently won notable victories with its new campaign approach of "radical love," which counteracts populism's polarizing logic and has exposed Erdoğan's weakness

Ideology · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Sociology · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Turkey's Politics and Society

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Unique citing works24
Citations per year4
Citation span2020 - 2026 (7)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 24

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