CSES Module 5: 2016-2021

The theme of CSES Module 5 is titled “Democracy Divided? People, Politicians and the Politics of Populism.” Its core objective is to examine citizens’ attitudes towards political elites, majority rule, and out-groups in representative democracy. The module will allow researchers to account for variation in the contestation of political elites and ‘populist’ attitudes across democracies, to examine how such perceptions shape citizens electoral behavior (e.g. turnout, vote for populist parties, political apathy etc.), and to explore the relationship between the rise of populist parties and the distribution of populist attitudes cross-nationally.