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The Populism-Identity Link

Nationalism
Populism
Identity
S398
Soetkin Verhaegen
Maastricht Universiteit
Marco Bitschnau
Universität Konstanz

Building: Institute of Geography, Floor: 3rd floor, Room: 336

Friday 11:00 - 12:40 CEST (06/09/2019)

Abstract

The identity-populism nexus plays a central role in our understanding of populist discourses, and the success of populist parties and movements. Populist discourses typically aim to mobilize a sense of identification among the public, by sketching a division between ‘us’ and ‘them’. For instance, a gap between ‘us’, the people, and ‘them’, the corrupt establishment is highlighted, or a demarcation of people along national, ethnic, religious, class, and gender lines are mobilized for political gains. The papers in this panel investigate how different types of identification are linked to populist attitudes.

Title Details
The Origins of Right-Wing Populism in Israel: Peace Process and Collective Identities' Struggle View Paper Details
National Identity and Populism: Disentangling the Relationships between Nationalism, Patriotism and Populist Attitudes View Paper Details
Right-Wing Turn of Public Culture and the Rise of Populism in Poland: March of Independence as a Ritual of National Identity Building View Paper Details