Articles by Andrej Zaslove

May 28, 2025

🔮 According to populists, who are ‘the people’ and ‘the elite’?

Andrej Zaslove

Populist rhetoric often pits a virtuous people against a corrupt elite. But when populist leaders invoke these definitions, do they always mean the same thing? Maurits Meijers, Robert A. Huber, and Andrej Zaslove explore the role of ideology in such definitions, shedding light on why populism remains a powerful political force

🔮 Populist citizens do not reject liberal democracy

Andrej Zaslove

Maurits Meijers and Andrej Zaslove address the ‘myth’ that populist beliefs among citizens are harmful for liberal democracy. Using insights from recent research, they argue that highly populist citizens are not more likely than other citizens to reject the principles of liberal democracy

Andrej Zaslove

Associate Professor in Empirical Political Science, Department of Political Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen

Andrej conducts research into populism and political parties.

He measures populist attitudes among voters and examines the links between populism and democracy, foreign policy and gender.

Andrej also examines the impact of populism on party systems.

He tweets @AndrejZaslove

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