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The Effects of Populism

Extremism
Governance
Populism
P378
Theresa Gessler
Europa-Universität Viadrina
Marcel Lewandowsky
University Greifswald

Building: BL20 Helga Engs hus, Floor: Basement, Room: HE U35

Saturday 16:00 - 17:40 CEST (09/09/2017)

Abstract

Though the concept of populism has become central to research on political parties, populist parties and politicians are still often treated as an anomaly or exception. Populism is typically examined as a consequence of mainstream parties' failure to convince and represent voters. This panel brings together studies that take a different perspective by viewing populism not as a result but as a cause of changes in party systems, political campaigns and the quality of democracy. It inquires into the effects of populism and populist rhetoric on a variety of actors and institutions. To grasp populism and populist rhetoric as phenomena that interact with and affect their environment, the papers employ concepts such as contagion and the mainstreaming of a populist communication style.

Title Details
Populism as a Communication Style: Toward a Normalization in Political Communication View Paper Details
Anti-Establishment Discourse and Mainstreaming Political Agency. A Comparative Framework of Populist Strategies of Representation View Paper Details
(Non-)Populism in Austria. An Analysis of the Contagiousness of Populism in the Austrian Presidential Elections 2016 View Paper Details