On the Present of Democracy and the Future of Populism -Interview with Ives Mény

Abstract

Yves Mény is the President Emeritus of the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. He has also served as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) as well as on editorial boards of journals such as West European Politics, Journal of Common Market Studies, Federal and Regional Studies and Journal of Public Policy among others. His main areas of expertise are comparative politics, public policy, European Union affairs, and political and administrative institutions. Yves Mény is perhaps best known for his book Democracy and the Populist Challenge (2002), which he co-authored with Yves Surel. His other major publications include Challenges to Consensual Politics. Democracy, Identity, and Populist Protest in the Alpine Region (2005) (co-edited with Daniele Caramani), Government and Politics in Western Europe: Britain, France, Italy, Germany (1998), Remaking The Hexagon: The New France In The New Europe (1995) (co-authored with Gregory Flynn).