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This edited book aims to contribute to the political science scholarship on populism by focusing on the contemporary manifestations of populism in light of the current context. Populism has gone global, with populist parties gaining considerable ground, particularly in the last decade: populists are now in government in almost every part of the globe. In so doing, this book not only takes stock of the previous work on populism, but also builds upon it to further deepen our understanding of the phenomenon and take research forward. The authors explore different facets of the most recent manifestations of populism, trying to engage in new avenues as suggested by recent and authoritative academic work. The approach is comparative and multi-dimensional, with a cross-regional focus on Western Europe and the USA. The 12 contributions gathered in this book address a wide spectrum of aspects, many of which are largely understudied.
List of contents
Introduction.- 1.From UKIP to Brexit: The Right-Wing Populist Surge in the UK.- 2.The Brexit Referendum: How Eurosceptic Populism Transformed UK Politics.- 3.The Populist Slur: Delegitimising Popular Grievances.- 4.Is Podemos a Populist Party? An Analysis of its Discourse and Political Strategy.- 5.AfD and FPÖ: Rejection of Immigration: The Basis of a Common National-Populist Identity.- 6.Populism and Religion in the Lega's Discourse and Policies.- 7.Populist(s) Rhetoric(s): a Linguistic Analysis of a "Mentality" of Italian politics in Republican Italy.- 8.Economic Populist Attitudes in Western Europe and the United States.- 9.Conservative Populism and the American Welfare State since the 1960s.- 10.The Tea Party Movement in Pennsylvania: a New Brand of Populism?.- 11.Religion, a Significant Factor in Donald Trump's Populism?.- 12.The Populist Challenge to Foreign Policy: A Transatlantic Perspective.- Conclusion.
About the author
Marie Gayte is an Associate Professor of US Studies at the University of Toulon, France. In 2018 she co-edited Catholic and US Politics after the 2016 Election: Understanding the Swing Vote, also with Palgrave Macmillan.
Karine Tournier-Sol is an Associate Professor of British politics at the University of Toulon, France. With Chris Gifford, she co-edited The UK Challenge to Europeanization: The Persistence of British Euroscepticism (Palgrave, 2015). Her most recent book is Prendre le large : le UKIP et le choix du Brexit (2017).
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"This book will surely act as a pathway for further research in the domain of populism and is certainly a must-read for anyone who wants to better understand trends in modern politics where far-right populism has increasingly led to the degeneration of welfare systems and also the deregulation of economies." (Ambreen Yousuf, Insight Turkey, Vol. 24 (4), 2022)
