Populism and Liberal Democracy: An Integrative Two-Layered Model for Analysis

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Montero, Julio César
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2025
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In this essay, I put forward an original two-layered model for the study of populism that distinguishes between two different meanings of this term: symbolical populism and institutional populism. Symbolical populism points to a symbolical matrix that some political actors use in order to create and mobilize political majorities. Instead, institutional populism includes a concrete plan to transformthe political order in the direction of a hybrid regime, whether an illiberal democracy, a competitive authoritarianism, or a legal autocracy. While these two kinds of populism are related, they do not necessarily come together as some populist actors remain at a purely symbolical level. This model contributes to the debate by allowing for a more precise understanding of the relation between populism and liberal democracy, and by bridging some of the most influential academic accounts of populism.
En este artículo propongo un modelo original de dos niveles para analizar el populismo que distingue dos sentidos distintos del término: el populismo simbólico y el populismo institucional. El populismo simbólico designa una matriz simbólica que algunos actores políticos usan para crear y movilizar mayorías políticas. En cambio, el populismo institucional es un plan para transformar el orden político en la dirección de una democracia iliberal, un autoritarismo competitivo o una autocracia legal. Aunque ambos tipos de populismo están relacionados, no necesariamente se presentan juntos ya que algunos actores populistas se mantienen en un nivel puramente simbólico. Este modelo contribuye al debate permitiendo una comprensión más precisa de la relación entre el populismo y la democracia liberal y tendiendo un puente entre algunas de las concepciones académicas más influyentes del populismo.
Fil: Montero, Julio César. Centro de Investigaciones Filosoficas. Instituto de Filosofia "ezequiel de Olaso". - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Oficina de Coordinacion Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Filosofia "ezequiel de Olaso".; Argentina. Universidad de San Andres. Departamento de Derecho; Argentina
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THIN THEORIES OF POPULISM
THICK THEORIES OF POPULISM
POPULIST SYMBOLICAL MATRIX
POPULIST INSTITUTIONAL PLAN
LIBERAL PUBLIC CULTURE
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spelling Populism and Liberal Democracy: An Integrative Two-Layered Model for AnalysisPopulismo y Democracia Liberal: Un Modelo Integrador de Dos Niveles para el AnálisisMontero, Julio CésarTHIN THEORIES OF POPULISMTHICK THEORIES OF POPULISMPOPULIST SYMBOLICAL MATRIXPOPULIST INSTITUTIONAL PLANLIBERAL PUBLIC CULTUREhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5In this essay, I put forward an original two-layered model for the study of populism that distinguishes between two different meanings of this term: symbolical populism and institutional populism. Symbolical populism points to a symbolical matrix that some political actors use in order to create and mobilize political majorities. Instead, institutional populism includes a concrete plan to transformthe political order in the direction of a hybrid regime, whether an illiberal democracy, a competitive authoritarianism, or a legal autocracy. While these two kinds of populism are related, they do not necessarily come together as some populist actors remain at a purely symbolical level. This model contributes to the debate by allowing for a more precise understanding of the relation between populism and liberal democracy, and by bridging some of the most influential academic accounts of populism.En este artículo propongo un modelo original de dos niveles para analizar el populismo que distingue dos sentidos distintos del término: el populismo simbólico y el populismo institucional. El populismo simbólico designa una matriz simbólica que algunos actores políticos usan para crear y movilizar mayorías políticas. En cambio, el populismo institucional es un plan para transformar el orden político en la dirección de una democracia iliberal, un autoritarismo competitivo o una autocracia legal. Aunque ambos tipos de populismo están relacionados, no necesariamente se presentan juntos ya que algunos actores populistas se mantienen en un nivel puramente simbólico. Este modelo contribuye al debate permitiendo una comprensión más precisa de la relación entre el populismo y la democracia liberal y tendiendo un puente entre algunas de las concepciones académicas más influyentes del populismo.Fil: Montero, Julio César. Centro de Investigaciones Filosoficas. Instituto de Filosofia "ezequiel de Olaso". - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Oficina de Coordinacion Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Filosofia "ezequiel de Olaso".; Argentina. Universidad de San Andres. Departamento de Derecho; ArgentinaPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile2025-06-16info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/291694Montero, Julio César; Populism and Liberal Democracy: An Integrative Two-Layered Model for Analysis; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Revista de Ciencia Política; 45; 1; 16-6-2025; 101-1170718-090XCONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://revistacienciapolitica.uc.cl/index.php/rcp/article/view/75153info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2026-08-25T14:34:10Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/291694instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982026-08-25 14:34:11.109CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
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Populismo y Democracia Liberal: Un Modelo Integrador de Dos Niveles para el Análisis
title Populism and Liberal Democracy: An Integrative Two-Layered Model for Analysis
spellingShingle Populism and Liberal Democracy: An Integrative Two-Layered Model for Analysis
Montero, Julio César
THIN THEORIES OF POPULISM
THICK THEORIES OF POPULISM
POPULIST SYMBOLICAL MATRIX
POPULIST INSTITUTIONAL PLAN
LIBERAL PUBLIC CULTURE
title_short Populism and Liberal Democracy: An Integrative Two-Layered Model for Analysis
title_full Populism and Liberal Democracy: An Integrative Two-Layered Model for Analysis
title_fullStr Populism and Liberal Democracy: An Integrative Two-Layered Model for Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Populism and Liberal Democracy: An Integrative Two-Layered Model for Analysis
title_sort Populism and Liberal Democracy: An Integrative Two-Layered Model for Analysis
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Montero, Julio César
author Montero, Julio César
author_facet Montero, Julio César
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv THIN THEORIES OF POPULISM
THICK THEORIES OF POPULISM
POPULIST SYMBOLICAL MATRIX
POPULIST INSTITUTIONAL PLAN
LIBERAL PUBLIC CULTURE
topic THIN THEORIES OF POPULISM
THICK THEORIES OF POPULISM
POPULIST SYMBOLICAL MATRIX
POPULIST INSTITUTIONAL PLAN
LIBERAL PUBLIC CULTURE
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In this essay, I put forward an original two-layered model for the study of populism that distinguishes between two different meanings of this term: symbolical populism and institutional populism. Symbolical populism points to a symbolical matrix that some political actors use in order to create and mobilize political majorities. Instead, institutional populism includes a concrete plan to transformthe political order in the direction of a hybrid regime, whether an illiberal democracy, a competitive authoritarianism, or a legal autocracy. While these two kinds of populism are related, they do not necessarily come together as some populist actors remain at a purely symbolical level. This model contributes to the debate by allowing for a more precise understanding of the relation between populism and liberal democracy, and by bridging some of the most influential academic accounts of populism.
En este artículo propongo un modelo original de dos niveles para analizar el populismo que distingue dos sentidos distintos del término: el populismo simbólico y el populismo institucional. El populismo simbólico designa una matriz simbólica que algunos actores políticos usan para crear y movilizar mayorías políticas. En cambio, el populismo institucional es un plan para transformar el orden político en la dirección de una democracia iliberal, un autoritarismo competitivo o una autocracia legal. Aunque ambos tipos de populismo están relacionados, no necesariamente se presentan juntos ya que algunos actores populistas se mantienen en un nivel puramente simbólico. Este modelo contribuye al debate permitiendo una comprensión más precisa de la relación entre el populismo y la democracia liberal y tendiendo un puente entre algunas de las concepciones académicas más influyentes del populismo.
Fil: Montero, Julio César. Centro de Investigaciones Filosoficas. Instituto de Filosofia "ezequiel de Olaso". - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Oficina de Coordinacion Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Filosofia "ezequiel de Olaso".; Argentina. Universidad de San Andres. Departamento de Derecho; Argentina
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