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DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute's Center for European Studies presents L
 arry M. Bartels\, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science 
 and Law from Vanderbilt University\, as a part of its Challenges to Citize
 nship Series.A seeming explosion of right-wing populism has triggered fear
 s for the liberal democracies of Europe. Bartels argues that the root of t
 his crisis is not populist sentiment\, which has hardly changed in the pas
 t two decades. The real threat is from political leaders who exploit or mi
 smanage chronic vulnerabilities of democracy. Populist electoral gains hav
 e been modest\, and often fueled by media hype and the failures of mainstr
 eam parties. Europe’s most sobering examples of democratic backsliding—in 
 Hungary and Poland—occurred not because voters wanted authoritarianism but
  because conventional conservative parties\, once elected\, seized opportu
 nities to entrench themselves in power.This is event is co-sponsored by th
 e Moynihan Institute’s Study of Global Politics and the Political Science 
 Department.&nbsp\;   
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SUMMARY:Larry Bartels: Democracy Erodes from the Top - Europe's Real Populi
 st Challenge
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Moynihan Institute's Center for Europea
 n Studies presents Larry M. Bartels\, University Distinguished Professor o
 f Political Science and Law from Vanderbilt University\, as a part of its 
 Challenges to Citizenship Series.</p><p>A seeming explosion of right-wing 
 populism has triggered fears for the liberal democracies of Europe. Bartel
 s argues that the root of this crisis is not populist sentiment\, which ha
 s hardly changed in the past two decades. The real threat is from politica
 l leaders who exploit or mismanage chronic vulnerabilities of democracy. P
 opulist electoral gains have been modest\, and often fueled by media hype 
 and the failures of mainstream parties. Europe’s most sobering examples of
  democratic backsliding—in Hungary and Poland—occurred not because voters 
 wanted authoritarianism but because conventional conservative parties\, on
 ce elected\, seized opportunities to entrench themselves in power.</p><p>T
 his is event is co-sponsored by the Moynihan Institute’s Study of Global P
 olitics and the Political Science Department.&nbsp\;</p>   <div></div>
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