International Social Survey Programme: introducing a new module to measure populism in a comparative perspective

The 2023 ISSP will combine items from two previous ISSP topics: National Identity in 1995, 2003, and 2013 and Citizenship in 2004 and 2014 along with new items measuring Populism. The National Identity and Citizenship studies have many important correlates of Populism including batteries on nationalism, immigration/immigrants, globalization, the rights and obligation of citizens, and political elites. The newly developed measures of populism include measures of populist attitudes and voting for Populist political parties (where applicable). The cross-national perspective of the ISSP will help sort the many different manifestations of Populism across different countries and help to determine their common characteristics and distinguishing features. The trend perspective of the National Identity and Citizenship studies will allow over time analysis of the correlates of Populism and whether changes in those may help to explain growing Populism in certain countries.