Articles by Dušan Spasojević

February 6, 2024

🔮 From radical to mainstream: the ruling populists in Serbia

Dušan Spasojević

Using the example of the Serbian Progressive Party, Dušan Spasojević shows how populism can be driven by blurred ideological standpoints. At the same time, it can occupy a centrist position in the party system and enter the political mainstream

Dušan Spasojević

Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade

Dušan's main fields of interest are political parties, civil society and the post-communist democratisation process.

He is a member of the steering board of the Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability (CRTA).

His recent work deals with protests in Serbia, and links institutional design with democratic performance:

Facing protests in Serbia: patterns of new competitive authoritarianism
Democratization

Serbian Institutional Design as the Cause of Democratic Declines
Political Studies Review

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