Shooting the fox? UKIP’s populism in the post-Brexit era

Usherwood, Simon

doi:10.1080/01402382.2019.1596692

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“…Mobilising concerns over identity to bring about the consent of the affected about the yet to be disclosed benefits is the bread-and-butter of de-democratisers and populists alike. As can be vividly observed in Greece, the UK, France or Finland (Nordensvard and Ketola 2014; Kovras and Loizides 2014;Lees 2018;Pirro and Van Kessel 2017;Usherwood 2019), questioning institutional checks and balances on the majoritarian decision-making in the name of the "people" is not limited to the postcommunist region.…”

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The (not so) surprising longevity of identity politics: contemporary challenges of the state-society compact in Central Eastern Europe

Agarin

2020

East European Politics

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The article argues that across the East European region ongoing uncertainty about the nature of the state-society compact is central to continuous relevance of "national" in politics. This compact defines who owns the state and who is to benefits from its current form. Since postcommunist nation-state-building was as much about the exclusion of some residents from the political community as it was about limiting states' reliance on thick political ideologies, "national identity" remains at the heart of postcommunist politics. This foundational exclusion also offers considerable insights for comparison of the causes, effects and challenges of identity politics in wider Europe.

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Section: Contributions Of the Symposiummentioning

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The (not so) surprising longevity of identity politics: contemporary challenges of the state-society compact in Central Eastern Europe

Agarin

2020

East European Politics

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“…According to "Oliver" [47] highlights that new studies should not be isolated, but exist within academic traditions, guided by similar studies. Thus, 'Usherwood" [64] posits that no research is undertaken in isolation from the work of others. In this regard, the researchers are better prepared to address the problem with deeper insight and complete knowledge.…”

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The Improvement of Learners’ Proficiency in English Second Language Through Remedial Work

Agnes¹,

Thembekile²,

Makeleni³

2021

ALLC

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This study focused on the remedial program on learners' proficiency in English second language, which was conducted in two township schools in King William's Town District. This explored the remedial program that could be used to help learners become proficient readers who could be able to read for meaning and comprehend. A case study research design was used where two township schools were sampled. A qualitative approach located in the interpretive paradigm was used to carry out the study. The purposive and the sampling procedure were used to solicit information from principals, educators, and learners. The data collected through interviews and observations. Its focus was to establish a remedial program to improve learners' proficiency in English second language. Thus, the findings revealed that a remedial program goes a long way in improving learners' proficiency in English Second Language. "Cheng and Slavin" [11] found out that the remedial programmes showed positive results had in common and the use of extensive professional development, coaching, and cooperative learning. In this view, the English second language learners could benefit more from proficient personnel in the language. The study recommends that there should be provision for trained remedial educators in all schools to attend to the individual needs of learners appropriately. Besides, the study should explore the models, methods, and theories on reading, the strategies that could be used to boost or alleviate the learner's proficiency in English second language.

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“…The literature on citizen input into democratic processes has evolved rapidly to include assessments of the political landscape in countries affected by the 2008 financial crisis (Caporaso 2018;Usherwood 2019;Stavrakakis et al 2018). Much of this scholarship points out that political elites' prioritization of some politically salient issues over other socially relevant ones -for example, the economy's competitiveness over social welfare -has adversely impacted electoral participation over the past decade (Van Biezen and Poguntke 2014;Hooghe and Quintelier 2014).…”

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Political dejection in a divided society: a challenge for Latvia’s democracy?

Agarin

Nakai

2021

Journal of Baltic Studies

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Ethnically divided societies often seek political cohesion by pursuing nationalizing policies. Latvia has had some experience of this, for example, with the notion that citizens should speak the national language and respect government institutions coincides with portrayals of ethnic minorities as a challenge to democracy. The focus on nation-state building has resulted in persistently low levels of political engagement and public confidence among the citizenry. Public survey data shows that many voters believe their concerns have been neglected by elected representatives, who have fixed their attention on ethnopolitical issues. While we see no demonstrable correlation between ethnicity and levels of political dejection, ethnonational politics explains unstable voter-representative relations and electoral volatility during the Saeima elections from 2010-2018. These unanticipated effects of nation-state building on Latvia's electoral politics invite a rethinking of the relationship between voters and their elected representatives in democratically consolidated, yet divided nations.

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Shooting the fox? UKIP’s populism in the post-Brexit era

Cited by 22 publications

References 43 publications

The (not so) surprising longevity of identity politics: contemporary challenges of the state-society compact in Central Eastern Europe

The (not so) surprising longevity of identity politics: contemporary challenges of the state-society compact in Central Eastern Europe

The Improvement of Learners’ Proficiency in English Second Language Through Remedial Work

Political dejection in a divided society: a challenge for Latvia’s democracy?

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