Ruchy populistyczne i degeneracja elit przywódczych – analiza Weberowska
Populist movements and degeneration of political elites – Weberian analysis

Summary/Abstract: Contemporary populist movements – outlined as an ideal type (antielitism, demagogy, „citizenism”, conspiracy accounts, simple solutions, exclusivism) – are analysed according to the Weberian approach and research agenda. They focus on dominant orientations, the importance of leadership, relationships between leaders, activists and followers, and – importantly – on the cyclical trajectories of movements. Populist movements erupt at the times of rapid social change and the accompanying crises. They delay rationalisation of politics by causing degeneration of political elites and political „decay”, that is weakening the core political institutions of the state, rule of law, and democratic accountability of political leaders.

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