Are post-Soviet leaders doomed to be populist? A comparative analysis of Putin and Nazarbayev

The use of populist ideology can be an important element of the survival strategy for authoritarian leaders being an important tool for regime stabilization. The incentives for using populist ideology are shaping in response to a current combination of a threat to incumbent's rule. As the examp...

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Published in:European politics and society (Abingdon, England) England), 2019-08, Vol.20 (4), p.502-518
Main Author: Busygina, Irina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
authoritarian regime
Authoritarianism
Comparative analysis
Ideology
Incentives
incumbent
Kazakhstan
Populism
Postcommunist societies
Russia
Stabilization
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Summary:The use of populist ideology can be an important element of the survival strategy for authoritarian leaders being an important tool for regime stabilization. The incentives for using populist ideology are shaping in response to a current combination of a threat to incumbent's rule. As the examples of Putin and Nazarbayev, ruling in neighbouring authoritarian Russia and Kazakhstan, demonstrate, the intensity and scope with which the leader resorts to the use of populism, as well as concrete content of this ideology, can fundamentally differ.
ISSN:2374-5118
2374-5126
DOI:10.1080/23745118.2019.1569345