Hanley, Seán; Sikk, Allan; (2011) The Rise of Liberal Populism in Central and Eastern Europe? Understanding the Emergence of Anti-Establishment Reform Parties. In: (Proceedings) Novelty and Endurance: Understanding Change and Stability in Central and East European Party Politics (CEELBAS workshop). UCL London: London, UK.

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In this short discussion paper, we present an overview of our ongoing work on the emergence and success of an important new group of parties in contemporary Europe which combine populist anti-establishment rhetoric with support for free market reforms and/or demands for reforms to political systems and the conduct of political life more broadly. In doing so, we seek to contribute to a small but growing literature on the emergence of such parties, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, which has developed in recent years (Učeň et al 2005; Učeň 2007; Demker 2008; Deegan-Krause & Haughton 2009; Pop-Eleches 2010; Bågenholm and Heinö 2010). Authors label these parties variously as instances of new/centrist populism’ (Pop-Eleches 2010), ‘centrist populism’ (Učeň et al 2005; Učeň 2007) ‘anti-corruption parties’ (Bågenholm and Heinö 2010), while – for reasons explained below – we term them anti-establishment reform parties (AERPs). In the paper, we give a very brief review of the literature; offer a provisional definition of AERPs; flag key issues, as we see them concerning the emergence of AERPs and their implications for the functioning of democracy; and offer some early findings based on our work in the Central and East European (CEE) region.

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