Open Access“POPULIST FOREIGN POLICY”: BARRIERS TO CONCEPTUALIZATION AND TYPOLOGIZATION
Author(s) -
Шеин Сергей Александрович
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vestnik udmurtskogo universiteta. sociologiâ. politologiâ. meždunarodnye otnošeniâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9030
pISSN - 2587-6163
DOI - 10.35634/2587-9030-2021-5-3-351-356
Subject(s) - conceptualization , populism , ideology , foreign policy , european union , politics , political science , phenomenon , political economy , power (physics) , european integration , sociology , economics , international trade , law , epistemology , computer science , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , philosophy , physics
The “populist wave” in the EU member states is no longer a phenomenon isolated in domestic politics. It has a projection on the sphere of foreign policy of national states and the European Union. The article aims to “shed light” on the barriers arising on the way of conceptualizing and typologizing the foreign policy orientations of populist actors, relying on an ideological approach to populism. The study revealed that the main constraints for the conceptualization and typologization of populists' foreign policy are the fragmented nature of populism as an ideology, the limited ability to translate their attitudes into the political course, and gradual mainstreamization after coming to power.