Thursday, 7 March 2019

How we combed leaders’ speeches to gauge populist rise

A look at the methodology Team Populism used to chart surge in populism

The Global Populism Database is the most up-to-date, comprehensive and reliable repository of populist discourse in the world. It was commissioned by the Guardian and built by Team Populism, a global network of scholars dedicated to the scientific study of the causes and consequences of populism.

The database provides insight into the extent of populist rhetoric in the speeches of government leaders across the world over the past two decades. It is based upon populism “scores” given to 728 speeches by the presidents, prime ministers and chancellors of 40 countries.

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