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This research note introduces the Global Populism Database, which measures
the level of populist discourse in the speeches of 215 chief executives
(presidents and prime ministers) from 66 countries across all continents. The
dataset covers 279 government terms and includes more than 1,000 speeches,
mostly between 2000 and 2018. We describe the data and data generation
process, then use the data to describe the level of populism across
governments. We also give a few examples of how the dataset can be applied
to investigate the causes of populism (such as corruption) and to identify the
policy consequences of populism (such as political participation and the
erosion of basic democratic freedoms). Among other findings, the database
confirms that populism in Western Europe and North America has increased
to about the same level as Central Europe and Latin America, but that most
populists are still only moderately so; that corruption is an important
precondition for populism; and that populism harms liberal democratic
institutions while improving some aspects of participation
the level of populist discourse in the speeches of 215 chief executives
(presidents and prime ministers) from 66 countries across all continents. The
dataset covers 279 government terms and includes more than 1,000 speeches,
mostly between 2000 and 2018. We describe the data and data generation
process, then use the data to describe the level of populism across
governments. We also give a few examples of how the dataset can be applied
to investigate the causes of populism (such as corruption) and to identify the
policy consequences of populism (such as political participation and the
erosion of basic democratic freedoms). Among other findings, the database
confirms that populism in Western Europe and North America has increased
to about the same level as Central Europe and Latin America, but that most
populists are still only moderately so; that corruption is an important
precondition for populism; and that populism harms liberal democratic
institutions while improving some aspects of participation
| Original language | English |
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| State | Published - Jun 2019 |
| Event | EPSA Annual Conference - Belfast Duration: 20 Jun 2019 → 22 Jun 2019 |
Conference
| Conference | EPSA Annual Conference |
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| City | Belfast |
| Period | 20/06/19 → 22/06/19 |
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Global Populism Database
Hawkins, K. A. (Creator), Aguilar, R. (Creator), Castanho Silva, B. (Creator), Jenne, E. K. (Creator), Kocijan, B. (Creator), Rovira Kaltwasser, C. (Creator) & Castanho Silva, B. (Contributor), Harvard Dataverse, 2019
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/lftqez, https://dataverse.harvard.edu/citation?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/LFTQEZ
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