Competitive Authoritarianism and Populism in Serbia under Vučić in Political Cartoons
Abstract
We explored links between competitive authoritarianism and populism in Serbia under Vučić via mixed methods. We conducted a quantitative content analysis of 228 political cartoons (2013–2017) by Dušan Petričić, a leading cartoonist and government critic, and qualitative visual and contextual analysis of four cartoons that reflected key themes—media freedom violations, unfair political competition, and populist and abusive rule. We found that populism appeared as the ‘soft’ face of competitive authoritarianism, tolerable to domestic audiences and acceptable to influential international actors because of its reliance on more informal and sophisticated and less repressive forms of authoritarian manipulation.
Keywords:
competitive authoritarianism / populism / serbia / postcommunismSource:
Europe-Asia Studies, 2022, 1-24Publisher:
- Glasgow : Routledge
Funding / projects:
- Seventh Framework Programme (grant number 613370)
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (grant no 179076)
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (grant no 47026)
- Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law in the Process of Nation-State Building - The Case of Serbia (RS-47026)
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FPNTY - JOUR AU - Vladisavljević, Nebojša AU - Krstić, Aleksandra PY - 2022 UR - http://rfpn.fpn.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1024 AB - We explored links between competitive authoritarianism and populism in Serbia under Vučić via mixed methods. We conducted a quantitative content analysis of 228 political cartoons (2013–2017) by Dušan Petričić, a leading cartoonist and government critic, and qualitative visual and contextual analysis of four cartoons that reflected key themes—media freedom violations, unfair political competition, and populist and abusive rule. We found that populism appeared as the ‘soft’ face of competitive authoritarianism, tolerable to domestic audiences and acceptable to influential international actors because of its reliance on more informal and sophisticated and less repressive forms of authoritarian manipulation. PB - Glasgow : Routledge T2 - Europe-Asia Studies T1 - Competitive Authoritarianism and Populism in Serbia under Vučić in Political Cartoons EP - 24 SP - 1 DO - 10.1080/09668136.2022.2149700 ER -
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Vladisavljević, N.,& Krstić, A.. (2022). Competitive Authoritarianism and Populism in Serbia under Vučić in Political Cartoons. in Europe-Asia Studies Glasgow : Routledge., 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2022.2149700
Vladisavljević N, Krstić A. Competitive Authoritarianism and Populism in Serbia under Vučić in Political Cartoons. in Europe-Asia Studies. 2022;:1-24. doi:10.1080/09668136.2022.2149700 .
Vladisavljević, Nebojša, Krstić, Aleksandra, "Competitive Authoritarianism and Populism in Serbia under Vučić in Political Cartoons" in Europe-Asia Studies (2022):1-24, https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2022.2149700 . .