Confrontation by default and confrontation by design
Strategic and institutional responses to Poland's populist coalition government
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7279873 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ben Stanley (0000-0001-6932-1046, University of Sussex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 263-282 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Democratization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1351-0347 • E-ISSN: 1743-890X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13510347.2015.1058782 |
| OpenAlex | W1890813277 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 7 |
For a short and controversial period in 2006–2007, Poland was governed by a three-party "populist coalition" which attempted to break with the liberal-democratic model of post-communist transition and implement a far-reaching set of reforms. In this article, I analyse the ways in which domestic and external actors responded to the challenges posed by this coalition. I argue that Poland's Constitutional Court and the temporarily united opposition parties were key to repelling the populist challenge. However, the anti-populist response was driven less by a deliberate strategy than by the confrontational logic of populism itself, and the institutional design of Poland's liberal-democratic system. I conclude with a discussion of several lessons the Polish case holds for further analyses of anti-populist reaction
Coalition government · Communism · Democracy · Government (linguistics · Law and economics · Liberal democracy · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European and International Law Studies · Law · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,7 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |