Central Europe: from Democratization to Populism

Is populism a symptom of democratic crises? What is its relationship to the political process in the so-called democratization countries? When and how have populist movements in Central and Eastern Europe imitated, substituted, threatened and reinforced the region's democratization processes? Tsveta Petrova and Susann Worschech discussed the networks and frames developed by those movements to take advantage of political opportunities in the post-communist world, with a focus on Central Europe and its democratization trajectory. 

Susann Worschech is Assistant Professor at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)

Tsveta Petrova is Lecturer in the Discipline of Political Science at Columbia University

This event was sponsored by The European Institute and The Harriman Institute, and was made possible thanks to the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

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