Populism and the Personalization of Politics in Comparative Perspective

This panel examines the sources and consequences of populism and the personalization of power in authoritarian and democratic political systems. Focusing on cases across Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, the papers focus on the contextual bases of populist support in the different national contexts of India and Russia; the effects of populist and personalized politics on leadership action and mass attitudes towards international organisations and conflicts in Russia and Turkey; and the effects of the personalization of power and executive aggrandizement on the probability of incumbent leaders losing office in Latin America and Asia.