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Left-Wing Populism in (Southern) Europe: Historical Anomaly or Paradigm Shift?

Extremism
Political Methodology
Populism
P226
Margarita Gomez-Reino
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia – UNED, Madrid
Yannis Stavrakakis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Steven M. Van Hauwaert
Forward College

Building: Faculty of Law, Floor: 1, Room: FL101

Friday 11:00 - 12:40 CEST (09/09/2016)

Abstract

This panel seeks to contribute to the debates on populism and political extremism by examining the rise of left-wing populism in Southern Europe as a distinctive political phenomenon. It does so by focusing on two related aspects, thus covering both the supply and the demand side and combining the concrete analysis of empirical cases with an attempt to draw its theoretical and conceptual implications. First, it examines the political discourses, rhetoric and messages articulated by recent left-wing populist actors in countries like Spain, Greece, etc. In mapping this field, the panel combines different conceptual, theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of populism. In particular, it brings together different methodological schools in the analysis of political discourse. Both Team populism and Populismus Observatory share a strong emphasis on the specificities of populist discourse. While Teampopulism codifies discourses and programs mainly applying Hawkins’ holistic grading, Populismus relies predominantly on an Essex School type of Discourse Analysis. Second, the panel analyzes empirically populist attitudes and voting. It will thus include case studies as well as comparative research on the most recent populist parties in Europe.

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