Through a discourse-theoretic approach, this paper problematises the under-theorised chameleonic quality of populism. While populist politics is often expressed as construction people against elite, argues that political should rather be sought in how populism revives itself despite (and through) constant discursive shifts. It examines interrelations between populism, identity and foreign polic...

Our concern in this contribution is to ask what the special features of populism Hungary are, where government and largest opposition party can be considered populist. The study aims at analyzing motivations, interests, benefits, profits fragile Hungarian regions. main part examines three peculiar state populism: rural support for stabile political social structures; early-born conservative pol...

Populism is a powerful social force that has reshaped the political landscapes of many nations since turn 21st century. Much success populist movements attributed to various crises and deep dissatisfaction with systems. In present issue, we sought find papers investigate what drives demand for politics during on psychological level and, correspondingly, how rhetoric influences way individuals t...

Abstract One of the main challenges in comparative studies on populism concerns its temporal and spatial measurements within between a large number parties countries. Textual analysis has proved useful for these purposes, automated methods can further improve research this direction. Here, we propose method to derive score parties’ levels using supervised machine learning perform textual nation...

Rise of populist politics in the 21s century calls scholars and politicians alike to reflect upon question how democracy have been understood. Drawing on theory hegemony, this article establishes a distinction between ‘demography’ as key line conceptualization politics. It highlights central misunderstanding at core demonization populism: For radical democratic theory, ‘the people’ is not demog...

This paper reflects the concept of populism, based on an analysis a media editorial line and increasing populist, demagogic discourses present mainstream in France. It presents populism its current problems, then offers methodological reflection centered desire to emphasize role rise right-wing far-right ideology. The aim is study media, which can promote populist communication. doesn’t focus c...