The Structure of Populist Ideology: Srbija 2017

u literaturi je sve prisutnije shvatanje da se populizam može tumačiti kao ide- ologija koja ima specifičnu, iako ’tanku’, sadržinu. Smatra se da to važi ne samo za političke partije i pokrete, nego i da karakteriše stavove onih koji pružaju po- dršku populističkim partijama i ličnostima. Komparativna studija izbornih si- stema (CSeS, www.cses.org) je u svoj 5. modul uključila operacionalizaciju po- pulističke ideologije kao kombinaciju tri osnovne orijentacije: negativnog stava prema manjinama i imigrantima, negativnog stava prema političkim elitama, i isključive koncepcije nacionalnog identiteta. u ovom radu analiziramo u kojoj meri takva koncepcija populističke ideologije ima empirijsku podršku na osno- vu podataka iz Srbije. Podaci su prikupljeni nakon predsedničkih izbora 2017. godine, metodom on-line anketiranja. testirana je strukturna hipoteza o među- sobnoj povezanosti teorijskih komponenti populističke ideologije. nakon toga je analizirana povezanost dimenzija komponenti populističke ideologije sa par- tijskim preferencijama. rezultati su pokazali da navedene tri komponente ne konvergiraju ka jednoj opštijoj dimenziji populističke ideologije. Zaključeno je da skala anti-elitizma, u kontekstu Srbije, jeste indikator stava prema partijama na vlasti, a ne samo populističke antipatije prema političkoj eliti.There is a growing perception in the literature on populism that it can be characterized as an ideology that has a specific, albeit ’thin’, content. It is considered that this applies not only to political parties and movements, but also to the attitudes of those who support populist parties and personalities. The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES, www.cses.org) included in its 5th module the operationalization of populist ideology as a combination of three basic orientations: a negative attitude towards minorities and immigrants, a negative attitude towards political elites, and an exclusive conception of national identity. In this paper, we analyze the extent to which such a conception of populist ideology has empirical support based on data from Serbia. The data was collected after the 2017 presidential election, using an online survey method. The structural hypothesis on the interconnectedness of the theoretical components of populist ideology was tested. After that, the connection between the dimensions of the components of populist ideology and party preferences was analyzed. The results showed that these three components do not converge towards a more general dimension of populist ideology. It was concluded that the scale of anti-elitism, in the context of Serbia, is an indicator of the attitude towards the ruling parties, and not just populist antipathy towards the political elite