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Fragile Mandates: Personalization, Affect, and the Limits of Democratic Authority

Elites
Executives
Populism
P231
Elena Semenova
Würzburg Julius-Maximilians University
Elites and Political Leadership in the Digital Age: Disruption, Transformation, and Democratic Futures

Abstract

This panel examines how the personalization of executive power and affective dynamics — trust, disillusionment, populist mobilization — shape and undermine mandate legitimacy.

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