The Demand and Supply of Pandemic Populism: A Global Overview

0577548 - SOÚ 2025 GB eng J - Journal Article
Zulianello, M. - Guasti, Petra
The Demand and Supply of Pandemic Populism: A Global Overview.
Government and Opposition. Online first 10 October 2023 (2024). ISSN 0017-257X. E-ISSN 1477-7053
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LX22NPO5101
Institutional support: RVO:68378025
Keywords : COVID-19 * populism * conspiracy theories * populist attitudes * populist parties * populist governments
OECD category: Political science
Impact factor: 2.8, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/government-and-opposition/article/demand-and-supply-of-pandemic-populism-a-global-overview/56D999DB0587B7DB63566D681970747D

This review article provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and populism. We analyse the demand and supply sides of the populist phenomenon during the pandemic. On the demand side, we focus on the interplay between populist attitudes and COVID-19 restrictions by assessing the role of conspiracy theories, social media and alternative news media. On the supply side, we identify similarities and differences in the responses of populist actors globally. Hence, we focus on the main ideational varieties of the contemporary populist phenomenon (right-wing, left-wing and valence populism) while also distinguishing between populists in government and opposition. The analysis reveals that complexity is the defining feature of both the demand and supply sides of populism in times of pandemic.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0346684