New Politics of Decisionism.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 What Brings Schmitt to the Title of the Book -- 1.1.1 Schmitt's Decisionism (the Theory of Sovereignty) -- 1.1.2 New Politics of Decisionism -- 1.2 Outline of the Volume -- Part I The Current Rise of Populism: Deconstructing Issues -- 2 Democracy's Deficits -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Participation: Failing Political Parties -- 2.3 Deliberation: The Weakness of Legislative Branches -- 2.4 Solidarity: The Threats to Social Cohesion -- 2.5 Getting It Done -- 2.6 Conclusion -- 3 Populism - A Notion Rising above Its Content -- 3.1 Some Introductory Remarks Concerning the Use of the Term 'Populism' -- 3.2 An Attempt to Find Some Foothold in Legal Practice -- 3.3 What Is the Opposite of Populism? -- 3.4 What Is Actually Getting Condemned by the Label 'Populism'? -- 3.5 Discovery or Simply Denouncement -- 4 Reflections on the Nature of Populism and the Fragility of Democracy: Democracy in Crisis -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 What Is Populism? An Historical Perspective -- 4.3 What Is Populism? A Normative Perspective -- 4.4 The Fragility of Democracy -- 5 Populism and Nationalism -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Nationalists of All Countries Unite! -- 5.2.1 Introductory Remarks -- 5.2.2 Patriotism -- 5.2.2.1 The Low-Profile Patriotism -- 5.2.2.2 The High-Profile Patriotism -- 5.2.3 Classical Strong Ethnic Nationalism (Nativism) -- 5.2.4 Moderate Statist Nationalism -- 5.2.5 Liberal Nationalism -- 5.2.6 Communitarianism and 'Transnational Nationalism' -- 5.2.7 Cosmopolitanism -- 5.3 The Curious Case of Croatia -- 5.3.1 Approaches and Disagreements -- 5.3.2 Some Populist Actors -- 5.3.3 The Riddle: Why Croatia Does Not Have a Strong Right-Wing Populist Party -- 5.4 Conclusion: A New Playground -- Part II Comparative Populism: Case Studies -- 6 Beyond 'Illiberal Democracy': The Case of Hungary -- 6.1 Introduction.

6.2 Why 'Illiberal Democracy' Is Not Democracy -- 6.3 Hungarian 'Exceptionalism' -- 6.4 Conclusions -- 7 Populism, Free Speech and the Anti-Entrenchment Principle -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Israel and the Protection of Speech -- 7.3 The Regulation of Speech Resources in Israel - Public Funding of Private Expression -- 7.4 The Anti-Entrenchment Principle -- 7.4.1 The Difficulty with the Existing Legal Framework -- 7.4.2 State and Government -- 7.4.3 The Anti-Entrenchment Principle -- 7.4.4 How to Apply the Anti-Entrenchment Principle? -- 7.5 Conclusion -- 8 Transforming Populism - From Protest Vote to Ruling Ideology: The Case of Serbia -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Ideational Understanding of Populism -- 8.3 The Case of Serbian Progressive Party: Once Radical and Now Progressive - Is It the Same Populism? -- 8.3.1 Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) - The Opposition Phase -- 8.3.2 Incumbent Populism - How Does It Work? -- 8.4 Concluding Remarks -- Part III Courts Under the Populist Challenge -- 9 Poland: From Paradigm to Pariah? Facts and Interpretations of Polish Constitutional Crisis -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Facts -- 9.2.1 The First Stage -- 9.2.2 The Second Stage -- 9.3 Interpretations -- 9.3.1 The Historical Explanation -- 9.3.2 The Legal Explanation -- 9.3.3 The Sociological Explanation -- 9.4 Conclusion -- 10 Populism and the Turkish Constitutional Court: From a Game Broker to a Strategic Compromiser -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Constitutional Court in High-Profile Cases and Populism: The Game Broker -- 10.3 The Constitutional Court's Judicial Populism and Popularity -- 10.4 The Fragile Popularity of the Court: Strategically Supportive and Defiant Stances after the Coup Attempt in 2016 -- 10.4.1 Constitutional Review of Emergency Decrees -- 10.4.2 Journalism Cases as a Judicial Battle Field.

10.4.3 Criminal Law on Insulting the President of the State -- 10.5 Conclusion -- 11 Romania: From Constitutional Democracy to Constitutional Decay? -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 On Populism and Constitutional Democracy -- 11.3 Romania: A Still Fragile Democratic Transition -- 11.4 Can Constitutional Adjudication Become an Instrument of Judicial Populism? -- 11.4.1 Deriding Fundamental Rights -- 11.4.2 Disdaining Checks and Balances -- 11.5 Concluding Remarks -- 12 If Schmitt Were Alive…Adjusting Constitutional Review to Populist Rule in Serbia -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 A Note on Transition in Serbia -- 12.3 A Silent Feature of the Constitutional Court -- 12.4 Constitutional Court in Populist Politics -- 12.4.1 Constitutional Review of Kosovo's Knot: If Schmitt Were Alive… -- 12.4.2 Judicial Endorsement of 'Discriminatory Legalism' -- 12.4.3 Rights Adjudication: What Stands behind the Court's Assertiveness -- 12.5 Conclusion.

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