In this article for Intereconomics, László Andor argues that populism as an expression has been overused, and is unhelpful in explaining political developments and causality. In the context of East-Central Europe, it is more productive to focus on economic nationalism and the revival of authoritarian traditions. Economic and social imbalances have produced ‘populist’ nationalist sentiments but nationalism appears to be a fallback option against the imbalances and occasional failures of integration within the EU. However, treating all critical sentiments as populist detracts from the seriousness of the threats posed by extremist tendencies to democracy and EU integration.
https://www.intereconomics.eu/contents/year/2020/number/1/article/against-a-general-theory-of-populism-the-case-of-east-central-europe.html

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