SS 30-1 - Enrichment: Authoritarian/Populism Movements Today

SS 30-1

Enrichment Activity

Research one of Illiberal authoritarianism/populism movements from the list below:

Italy (Five Star Movement)

Giorgia Meloni (Brother of Italy)

Hungary (Viktor Orban)

Brazil (Jair Bolsonaro)

Philippines (Rodrigo Duterte)

Law and Justice Party (PiS) in Poland

Golden Dawn in Greece

The Freedom Party of Austria

Joko Widodo in Indonesia

Tarō Yamamoto (Reiwa Shinsengumi) in Japan

Podemos in Spain

Chavismo (Venezuela)

Kirchnerism (Argentina)

Syriza in Greece

Using Google Slides do the following:

Slide 1: (logo, leader, values, platform, what makes them potentially anti-liberal or illiberal)

Slide 2: Why would anyone vote for such a political party/movement? What is driving the surge in populist movements? Explain and connect to key terms and concepts from the unit/course

Slide 3: To what extent do you support the platform/values/perspectives of this movement/party?

Authoritarianism, principle of blind submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action. In government, authoritarianism denotes any political system that concentrates power in the hands of a leader or a small elite that is not constitutionally responsible to the body of the people. Authoritarian leaders often exercise power arbitrarily and without regard to existing bodies of law, and they usually cannot be replaced by citizens choosing freely among various competitors in elections.

Populism is usually described as a strategic approach that frames politics as a battle between the virtuous, “ordinary” masses and a nefarious or corrupt elite. It can be used by politicians who are either left- or rightwing, and occasionally neither. Populism is often antiestablishment or anti-intellectual political movements or philosophies that offer unorthodox solutions or policies and appeal to the common person rather than according with traditional party or partisan ideologies.

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