After the Brexit referendum: revisiting populism as an ideology

Freeden, Michael

doi:10.1080/13569317.2016.1260813

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“…For our purposes, populism is here understood as 'a political style that features an appeal to 'the people' versus 'the elite', 'bad manners' and the performance of crisis, breakdown or threat' (Moffitt, 2016, p. 45). This is somewhat different to Mudde's (2007) influential definition of populism as a 'thin-centered ideology', reflecting the fact that populism is difficult to conceptualize and measure as a core ideological feature of a party family (see Aslanidis, 2016) and the approach has been refuted by the creator of the notion of 'thin-centered ideology' (Freeden, 2017). However, my chosen definition is coherent with Mudde's definition of PRR parties, acknowledging that populist style is a key feature of these parties' public expressions and discourse.…”

Section: Populism Versus Liberalismmentioning

confidence: 68%

Liberal Illiberalism? The Reshaping of the Contemporary Populist Radical Right in Northern Europe

Moffitt

2017

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Populism, particularly in its radical right-wing variants, is often posited as antithetical to the principles of liberalism. Yet a number of contemporary cases of populist radical right parties from Northern Europe complicate this characterisation of populism: rather than being directly opposed to liberalism, these parties selectively reconfigure traditionally liberal defences of discriminated-against groups-such as homosexuals or women-in their own image, positing these groups as part of 'the people' who must be protected, and presenting themselves as defenders of liberty, free speech and 'Enlightenment values'. This article examines this situation, and argues that that while populist radical right parties in Northern Europe may only invoke such liberal values to opportunistically attack their enemies-in many of these cases, Muslims and 'the elite' who allegedly are abetting the 'Islamisation' of Europe'-this discursive shift represents a move towards a 'liberal illiberalism'. Drawing on party manifestoes and press materials, it outlines the ways in which these actors articulate liberal illiberalism, the reasons they do so, and the ramifications of this shift.

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Section: Populism Versus Liberalismmentioning

confidence: 68%

Liberal Illiberalism? The Reshaping of the Contemporary Populist Radical Right in Northern Europe

Moffitt

2017

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“…The insistence on equating part of the people with all the people (Müller ) as well as the urgency with which those who wish to implement the will of the people react (Freeden ) are reminiscent of a number of dictatorial regimes claiming legitimacy from below. Take Freeden's () example of Brexit and the urgency with which politicians have sought to implement it, clashing with those who attempt to place it under the scrutiny of legislative and judicial institutions. This is a feature often found in authoritarian, not open societies (Freeden : 6).…”

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“…Take Freeden's () example of Brexit and the urgency with which politicians have sought to implement it, clashing with those who attempt to place it under the scrutiny of legislative and judicial institutions. This is a feature often found in authoritarian, not open societies (Freeden : 6). In simple terms, although in theory, populism draws on substantive democratic principles, in practice, it undermines pluralist democracy.…”

Section: Exchangementioning

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Populism and nationalism in a comparative perspective: a scholarly exchange

Bonikowski

Halikiopoulou

Kaufmann

et al. 2018

Nations and Nationalism

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The purpose of the Exchange feature is to publish discussions that engage, advance and initiate new debates in the study of nations and nationalism. This Exchange article is on the subject of ‘Populism and Nationalism’. Each contributor addresses the following four questions on the subject: (1) What is populism and what role does it play within the context of democratic politics? (2) Does populism cut across left–right lines? (3) What is the relationship between nationalism and populism? (4) Are contemporary populist movements across Europe and the West comparable? Our aim is to generate a thought‐provoking conversation with regard to the rise of populism in Europe and the West.

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“…Thirdly, and in disagreement with Freeden (2017), it highlights the importance of the thin-centred ideology concept. Populism can be found in parties, movements or leaders with different core ideologies: right-wing parties (see among a vast literature, Taggart, 1995;Mudde, 2007) left-wing parties (Stavrakakis and Katsambekis, 2014;Weyland, 2013;Roodujin and Akkerman, 2015) and even liberals and greens (Zaslove, 2008;Müller-Rommel, 1998).…”

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Re-conceptualizing populism: Bringing a multifaceted concept within stricter borders

Vittori

2017

Rev. Esp. Cienc. Polít.

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The word populism has been associated to (very) different meanings in the last years. The "populist" label is still used to describe parties, leaders, movements, attitudes and political regimes, too. Moreover, the adjective "populist" is used in a normative fashion in the public debate to denigrate those movements or parties which contrast the mainstream views. The aim of this paper is twofold: on the one hand, I conduct a non-normative analysis to avoid a biased vision of the concept. On the other hand, I advocate the understanding of populism as a thin-centered ideology, according to which it is based on two necessary features, namely, (a) an anti-elite(s) mindset and (b) the criticism of representative politics.Keywords: populism, comparative politics, concept analysis, thin-centered ideology. ResumenEl término populismo ha sido asociado a significados muy diferentes en los últimos años. La etiqueta de populista se sigue utilizando para describir partidos, líderes, movimientos, actitudes y regímenes políticos. Además, el adjetivo populista se utiliza también con una inclinación normativa en el debate público para denigrar a esos movimientos o partidos que contrastan con las ideologías dominantes. Este artículo tienes dos objetivos principales: por un lado, desarrollo un análisis conceptual no normativo para evitar una visión sesgada del concepto. Por otra parte, abogo por una consideración del populismo como una ideología débil, según la cual se basa en dos características necesarias, a saber, (a) el anti-elitismo y (b) la crítica de la política representativa.

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After the Brexit referendum: revisiting populism as an ideology

Cited by 212 publications

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Liberal Illiberalism? The Reshaping of the Contemporary Populist Radical Right in Northern Europe

Liberal Illiberalism? The Reshaping of the Contemporary Populist Radical Right in Northern Europe

Populism and nationalism in a comparative perspective: a scholarly exchange

Re-conceptualizing populism: Bringing a multifaceted concept within stricter borders

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