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Authoritarianism, Populism and Attitude Towards Political Elites in Serbia
Authoritarianism, Populism and Attitude Towards Political Elites in Serbia
Difference P & A:
• Attitude towards elites, authorities
Problem & Method
Problems:
Relationships between Authoritarianism and basic dimensions of
populist ideology,
Association of populism and Authoritarianism with political
preferences.
Method
CSES Module 5 operationalization of populist ideology
Authoritarianism…
Case: Serbia (2017 & 2020)
On-line surveys, after presidential (2017) and parliamentary
(2020) elections.
N2017=2107 & N2020=2600
CSES definition of populism
Populism - ‘thin centered ideology’ (Canovan, 2002)
The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems project (CSES,
Module 5)
“three core, and interlinked, components of populist attitudes:
1. Attitudes towards political elites and electoral
democracy
2. Attitudes towards out-groups within society
3. Perception of “the people” and attachment to the
nation”* (nativism)
* CSES Planning Committee Module 5 Pre-Plenary Report.
Anti-elitizam
Anti-elitizam
Mudde (2004): Populism is
Q06. Neki ljudi smatraju da su određene stvari važne da bi neko bio pravi
Srbin. Drugi kažu da nisu važne. Koliko su po Vama važne sledeće stvari
da bi neko bio istinski Srbin:
Da je rođen u Srbiji.
Alfa=.80
Correlation between sub-dimensions of populism
Exclusive
Anti-minority
Anti-elitism national
orientation
identity
Anti-minority
.14*** .20***
orientation
Exclusive national
.05* .04* .55*** .56***
identity
-.25** -.24*** .24*** .30*** .20*** .30***
Populist leader
Black: 2017 data
Red: 2020 data
*p<.05; **p<.01; ***p<.001
Factor analysis of elements of populist ideology
2017 2020
F1 F1
Anti-elitism .04 .37
Anti-minority orientation .68 .73
Exclusive national identity .65 .66
Populist leader glorification .32 .39
Authoritarianism
Većina naših društvenih problema bi se rešila kada bismo se nekako otarasili
nemoralnih i degenerisanih pojedinaca.
Bilo bi bolje za sve kada bi vlasti cenzurisale štampu, filmove, i druge medije,
tako da se smeće drži podalje od mladih
F1 F1
2017 2020
Authoritarianism scale .72 .70
Anti-elitism .01 .37
Anti-minority orientation .72 .77
Exclusive national identity .63 .65
Populist leader glorification .43 .44
Anti-elitism – does not go with Auth & other populism
dimensions
Because anti-elitism is sensitive to context: whether
populists are in government
6/5/2018
Authoritarianism, Populism & political
preferences
- Are Serbian voters of populist parties populist
or/and authoritarian?
Srbija, 2017
Korelacije između Authoritarianismi, populizma i simpatija
prema političkim partijama