1st Edition
Understanding the Populist Shift Othering in a Europe in Crisis
220 Pages
by
Routledge
220 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
220 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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During the European elections of 2014, one of the main issues raised by the media was the electoral performance of so called ‘populist parties’. The electorate confirmed its deep dissatisfaction with mainstream political parties, voting for far right parties in parliamentary elections in Northern Europe (Austria, Denmark, Sweden), Eastern Europe (Hungary, where the deeply anti-Semitic Jobbik... Read more
1. Introduction: the concept and its definitions
2. Populism in historical perspectives
4. Populist Othering and Islamophobia
5. Networks and alliances against the Islamisation of Europe: the case of the Counter Jihad Movement
7. Men’s parties with women leaders: A comparative study of the rightwing populist leaders Pia Kjærsgaard, Marine Le Pen and Siv Jensen
8. De/ReConstructing Far-Right Youth: Between the Lost Generation and Contestatory Citizenship
9. Democracy, post-democracy and the populist challenge
Biography
Gabriella Lazaridis is Senior Lecturer at the University of Leicester, UK.
Giovanna Campani is Full Professor of Intercultural Education, Gender Anthropology and Intercultural Communication at UNIFI in Florence, Italy.
