Croatian authors who dealt with populism rarely went further than broadly describing the term, using various denitions. They include Cipek (2008),

Grbeša (2010), Milardović (2004), Šalaj (2012a, 2012b), and Zakošek (2010), who refer mainly to the Canovan-Taggart-Mudde framework (see Chapter 2 in this volume). But among them, there is still no agreement on the denition of the concept of populism as a political phenomenon. At the same time, empirical studies in Croatia that seek to identify populist actors on the domestic political scene are rare. In contrast, the labeling of numerous political actors as populists-usually in a derogatory sense-is a frequent occurrence in the Croatian media and in public political communication.