Project description
A fresh perspective on the evolving political landscape
In recent years, Europe has witnessed perplexing political shifts. This ever-evolving landscape of politics includes the decline of once-successful left-wing parties in Poland, the delayed emergence of a radical right party in Portugal, and the intriguing tendency of right-wing individuals to protest more in Eastern Europe than their left-wing counterparts. The ERC-funded POSTNORM project suggests these seemingly disparate phenomena stem from a common thread: the rejection of the ideological legacy of past authoritarian regimes. It will explore how, in new democracies, the associations with the old regime become focal points for shaping norms. For instance, in democracies following left-wing dictatorships, both voters and political elites tend to distance themselves from the left, and vice versa.
Objective
Why have once successful left-wing parties in Poland nearly died out by 2015 (Grzymala-Busse 2019)? Why has Portugal been one of the last countries in Western Europe to see a radical right party in the national parliament? Why are right-wing individuals more likely to protest in Eastern Europe than left-wing individuals (Kostelka and Rovny 2019)? POSTNORM proposes a theory postulating that these seemingly unrelated patterns are the product of a single process: the rejection of the ideological brand of the past authoritarian regime. Through novel survey experiments, POSTNORM will examine how in new democracies, the ideological associations with the old regime serve as a focal point for norms that govern what are appropriate political positions for voters and parties: in democracies following left(right-)wing dictatorship, voters and political elites avoid associating themselves with the left(right) respectively. POSTNORM further derives a set of testable expectations about how this bias shapes both the demand- and the supply side of party competition. The bias colors citizens’ ideological preferences; perceptions about parties’ stances in these issues; national identity; political discussions; the supply of new parties; post-transition party names and pro-grammatic stances; and party elite discourse. POSTNORM will deliver a parsimonious new theory that will help make sense of heterogeneity in political competition across new democracies
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HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC)
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50014 Fiesole
Italy
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