POPULIZAM U POLITIČKIM STRANKAMA – STRATEGIJA ILI IDEOLOGIJA?
POPULISM OF POLITICAL PARTIES – STRATEGY OR IDEOLOGY?

Author(s): Dominika Mikucka-Wójtowicz
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political Theory, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: populism; populist parties; post-Yugoslav countries
Summary/Abstract: Populism often seems like an all-encompassing term, which everybody defines arbitrary. The only thing which scientists have lately agreed on is the acknowledgment that the phenomenon of populism is on the rise. The paper consists of two parts. In the first part, which is theoretical a proposal for a new model for future analysis of populist groupings will be delivered. The proposed model of analysis will consist of three interrelated levels, which are: organisational, programmatic and strategic. In determining the so-called pure populist parties the most important role is played by the programmatic level. The second part of the paper is devoted to the analysis of the functioning of populism in selected post-Yugoslav countries. The analysis in this part of the article focuses on presenting the differences between pure populist parties, which use populist ideology, and parties which use populism as a strategy. It is emphasized, that such uses of populism can be attributed to a large number of political groupings, including mainstream parties, primarily in the period of pre-election campaigns.

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