ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Polit. Sci.
Sec. Political Participation
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpos.2025.1549528
This article is part of the Research TopicThe Crises of the Israeli DemocracyView all 6 articles
Populism and Legislative Backsliding
Provisionally accepted
- Western Galilee College, Acre, Israel
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This study presents a comprehensive set of measurements for assessing legislative backsliding and authoritarian populist rhetoric. I demonstrate the use of these measures by comparing the discussions involved in the passing of three Basic Laws in Knesset term, whereas the other two were passed th Israel. One was enacted in the 20 . The findings indicate that there 2022 that began in Knesset th 25 during the current quality of the . The th et than the 20 Kness th in the 25 legislative backsliding was more deliberative process was poorer, there was less respect for informal institutions, and there was more use of formal procedures to change previous behavioral norms during increased tarian populist rhetoric the use of authori . In addition, Knesset th the 25 during this Knesset term and was used to justify and legitimize legislative backsliding.
Keywords: democratic backsliding, Legislative Backsliding, authoritarian populist rhetoric, Basic laws, Deliberative process
Received: 21 Dec 2024; Accepted: 29 Apr 2025.
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* Correspondence: Osnat Akirav, Western Galilee College, Acre, Israel
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