Polarization as means of populist governance and how to overcome it: Analysis based on the Macedonian case of socio-political efforts to overcome ‘state-capture’ as chief means of governance

On a public event October 17, 2019, ISSHS promoted the study “Polarization as means of populist governance and how to overcome it: Analysis based on the Macedonian case of socio-political efforts to overcome ‘state-capture’ as chief means of governance” with Gordan Georgiev (ISSHS) and Ana Petrusheva (Balkan Investigative Reporting Network). The discussion referred to the newly emerged situation when North Macedonia was not given a date for start of EU accession talks and fears that there would be a tsunami of further polarization.

The event was part of the project “Cooperation Between Political Parties and CSO’s: Reducing the Asymmetric Power of the Executive Branch,” supported by the National Endowment for Democracy.