Open AccessMeasures of Populism in the CHES 2017 Dataset
Author(s) -
Gregory Papanikos
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
athens journal of social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2408-0004
pISSN - 2241-7737
DOI - 10.30958/ajss.9-2-1
Subject(s) - populism , politics , chapel , computer science , fuzzy logic , political science , artificial intelligence , law , parallel computing
Populism is a fuzzy concept in world politics; it can take many shapes and colors, thus evading rigorous definition. Using expert evaluations provided in Chapel Hill Expert Survey (CHES) 2017 data, we try to identify features that predict populism and to characterize various European parties on a populism scale. As a byproduct, we find that experts have often diverging opinions on a party’s stance on various issues. Keywords: populism, CHES 2017, EU politics