Populism and the Politicization of the COVID-19 Crisis in Europe

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

This edited book provides a first overview of how populist parties responded to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis in Europe. While populists have tried to take advantage of the crisis situation, the impossibility of taking ownership of the COVID-19 issue has made the crisis hard to be exploited.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-03-03
Mått:148 x 210 x 14 mm
Vikt:328 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:144
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030660109

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Giuliano Bobba is Associate Professor in the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society and Affiliate at the Collegio Carlo Alberto, University of Turin, Italy.Nicolas Hubé is Professor in the Centre de Recherche sur les Médiations, University of Lorraine, France.

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“Populism and the Politicization of the COVID-19 Crisis in Europe is a successful discourse analysis of populist parties. The authors’ clean organization of these exceedingly difficult and intersecting cases can serve as a useful and trustworthy guide for scholars studying different strategies of right- and left-wing populist parties … . Along with its scholarly value, the book will be of considerable interestto anybody curious about the populist parties and their reactions in a time of worldwide turmoil.” (Alper Çakmak, Insight Turkey, Vol. 24 (1), 2022)

Innehållsförteckning

1.COVID-19 and Populism: A Sui Generis Crisis.- 2.UK: Between managed moderation and far-right conspiracy theories.- 3.Spain: Is ideology back in populist discourse?.- 4.Italy: Populist in the mirror, (de)politicizing the COVID-19 from government and opposition.- 5.France: Governmental unpreparedness as a discursive opportunity for populists.- 6.Germany: The AfD’s Staggering between Reason and Resistance.- 7.Hungary: Crisis as usual - Populist governance and the pandemic.- 8.Czech Republic: Running the State like a Family Business.- 9.Poland:‘If we don't elect the President, the country will plunge into chaos’.- 10.Between mitigation and dramatization:The effect of the COVID-19 crisis on populists’ discourses and strategies.