Populism as a constitutional project
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F19%3A10395998" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/19:10395998 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=gaLcR6ZOwz" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=gaLcR6ZOwz</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icon/moz028" target="_blank" >10.1093/icon/moz028</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Populism as a constitutional project
Original language description
The engagement of conservative, populist governments with constitutional reform and constitution-making is perceived as a significant threat to the rule of law and democracy within the European Union. Constitutionalists often assume a relation of mutual exclusion between populism and constitutionalism. In contrast, I argue that while populism ought to be understood as a rejection of liberal constitutionalism, it equally constitutes a competing political force regarding the definition of constitutional democracy. The article first discusses populist constitutionalism in the context of the two, main modern constitutional traditions: The modernist and the revolutionary ones. Second, I discuss the populist critique of liberal constitutionalism, with a central focus on the recent cases of right-wing populism in power in East-Central Europe. Four dimensions are prominent: (i) popular sovereignty as the key justificatory claim of populism; (ii) majority rule as the main populist mode of government; (iii) instrumentalism as the legal-practical approach of populists; and (iv) legal resentment as the populists' main attitude toward public law. In conclusion, I argue that while the populist critique of liberal constitutionalism provides significant insights into structural problems of liberal democracy, populist constitutionalism ultimately fails to live up to its own democratic promise.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50401 - Sociology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA18-25924S" target="_blank" >GA18-25924S: Transnational Populism and European Democracy</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Constitutional Law
ISSN
1474-2640
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
17
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
19
Pages from-to
535-553
UT code for WoS article
000489581500011
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85070330558