POPREBEL WP4 dataset v1 Oct 2022

Thus, the dataset enables researchers to assess the proposition that vote for populist parties is driven by macro-economic and political performance. The classification of populist parties is based on widely-accepted definitions developed by leading experts in the field.

Populism is defined as endorsement of the idea that society is separated into two homogeneous and antagonistic groups, ‘the pure people’ and ‘the corrupt elite’, and that politics should be an expression of the ‘general will’ of the people. POPREBEL – Populist rebellion against modernity in 21st-century Eastern Europe: neo-traditionalism and neo-feudalism is a large research project on the rise of populism in Central and Eastern Europe.