14 Competition, Populism, and Democratic Erosion

Lecture

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Required Reading

Mudde, C. and Kaltwasser, C.R. 2017. Populism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapters 1-2.

Ginsburg, T. and Huq, A. 2018. How to Save a Constitutional Democracy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Chapter 2.

Recommended Reading

Colantone, I. and Stanig, P. 2018. ‘The Trade Origins of Economic Nationalism: Import Competition and Voting Behavior in Western Europe,’ American Journal of Political Science, 62(4): 936-953.

Mutz, D. 2018. ‘Status Threat, Not Economic Hardship, Explains the 2016 Presidential Vote,’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(19): E4330-E4339.