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A very telling interview with Czech PM Andrej Babis textbook illustration for (technocratic) populism.
https://hir.harvard.edu/shock-to-the-heart/
A shorts thread on technocratic populism using AB quotes to illustrate some relevant aspects of TP. 1/12
https://hir.harvard.edu/shock-to-the-heart/
A shorts thread on technocratic populism using AB quotes to illustrate some relevant aspects of TP. 1/12
Three elements are crucial on TP:
1) combines populist and technocratic appeal;
2) transcends LR politics (but not centrist);
3) strategically combines populist and technocratic discourse (communication) and substance (policies) 2/12.
1) combines populist and technocratic appeal;
2) transcends LR politics (but not centrist);
3) strategically combines populist and technocratic discourse (communication) and substance (policies) 2/12.
technocratic governance: "The Czech administration historically lacked rational decision-making and long-term planning; our government, for example, was the first to plan all necessary investments for the next 30 years." 3/12
populists correctly diagnose the core issues:
"I started the ANO movement with one simple goal in mind: to break down the political-economic matrix of corruption, endless mismanagement, and abuse of power that I witnessed during the 1990s and 2000s." 4/12
"I started the ANO movement with one simple goal in mind: to break down the political-economic matrix of corruption, endless mismanagement, and abuse of power that I witnessed during the 1990s and 2000s." 4/12
and propose a cure - unmediated politics
"I offered the Czech citizenry an alternative to traditional political parties (especially the Civic Democratic and Social Democratic Parties) and a different style of management without behind-the-scenes-deals and clientelism." 5/12
"I offered the Czech citizenry an alternative to traditional political parties (especially the Civic Democratic and Social Democratic Parties) and a different style of management without behind-the-scenes-deals and clientelism." 5/12
for those 'left behind':
"That cannot be done only through marketing or efficient PR. You must be in touch with people, especially with those who were left out by traditional parties." 6/12
"That cannot be done only through marketing or efficient PR. You must be in touch with people, especially with those who were left out by traditional parties." 6/12
AB mixes up 'populist' and 'popular' but makes a good point about perils of populism rising vs. populism in power - overpromising (during campaign) and underdelivering (in power) : 7/12
"Populist politicians are hotshots, they skyrocket in popularity using catchy promises, but the reality of day-to-day decision-making in office makes them highly unpopular and they then fall into oblivion." 8/12
AB has a rather peculiar view of his success, conflicts of interests and is mixing populist and popular.
for more on AB:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0888325418791723?casa_token=pB7q8u3Q-KUAAAAA:Mn_sgmVUuxzwr3RXx_1bX1T_ots4lpbUJfBl_2pBJbraaXbjCSEWO7e41J2fuTVlNm1Tt51tRIyQ
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10758216.2019.1580590
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21599165.2018.1493457 by @LBustikova & PRG; @HavlikVlastimil; @DrSeanHanley & #MiladaVachudova 9/12
for more on AB:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0888325418791723?casa_token=pB7q8u3Q-KUAAAAA:Mn_sgmVUuxzwr3RXx_1bX1T_ots4lpbUJfBl_2pBJbraaXbjCSEWO7e41J2fuTVlNm1Tt51tRIyQ
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10758216.2019.1580590
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21599165.2018.1493457 by @LBustikova & PRG; @HavlikVlastimil; @DrSeanHanley & #MiladaVachudova 9/12
for more on TP
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13698230.2014.995504?casa_token=mmber6kPIHMAAAAA:P_FBUQ_BccetsS3e8XH5ufl7tpqztocHA5Tw_iBO53tO5AsObZ-Q9GiOZy4T-0PspC0VXni3Z8YC
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23248823.2018.1472919
by @cjbickerton 10/12
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13698230.2014.995504?casa_token=mmber6kPIHMAAAAA:P_FBUQ_BccetsS3e8XH5ufl7tpqztocHA5Tw_iBO53tO5AsObZ-Q9GiOZy4T-0PspC0VXni3Z8YC
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23248823.2018.1472919
by @cjbickerton 10/12
More on varieties of populism
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/government-and-opposition/article/varieties-of-populist-parties-and-party-systems-in-europe-from-stateoftheart-to-the-application-of-a-novel-classification-scheme-to-66-parties-in-33-countries/7CB95AE2CA7274D5F4716EC11708ACD8
by @Zulianello_M
and if in need of a crash course on populism
https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199756223/obo-9780199756223-0300.xml
11/12
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/government-and-opposition/article/varieties-of-populist-parties-and-party-systems-in-europe-from-stateoftheart-to-the-application-of-a-novel-classification-scheme-to-66-parties-in-33-countries/7CB95AE2CA7274D5F4716EC11708ACD8
by @Zulianello_M
and if in need of a crash course on populism
https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199756223/obo-9780199756223-0300.xml
11/12
If you want to know more about TP around the world stay tuned
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/pages/view/nextissues#TechnocraticPopulism 12/12
@CogitatioPaG #openaccess
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/pages/view/nextissues#TechnocraticPopulism 12/12
@CogitatioPaG #openaccess
