Imagining the peoples of Europe : populist discourses across the political spectrum / edited by Jan Zienkowski, Ruth Breeze.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zienkowski, Jan, editor.

Breeze, Ruth, editor.

Series:

Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 83.

Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture (DAPSAC) ; Volume 83

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Populism--Europe.

Populism.

Group identity--Europe.

Group identity.

Social conditions.

Communication in politics.

Europe.

Nationalism--Europe.

Nationalism.

Communication in politics--Europe.

Europe--Politics and government--21st century.

Politics and government.

Europe--Social conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

vi, 378 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2019]

Summary:

"The political landscape in Europe is currently going through a phase of rapid change. New actors and movements that claim to represent 'the will of the people' are attracting considerable public attention, with dramatic consequences for election outcomes. This volume explores the new political order with a particular focus on discursive constructions of 'the people' and the category of populism across the spectrum. It shows how a unitary representation of 'the people' is a central element in a vast range of very diverse political discourses today, acting to anchor identities and project antagonisms in a multitude of settings. The chapters in this book explore commonality and contrast in representations of 'the people' in both radical and mainstream political movements, looking in depth at recent political discourses in the European sphere. The authors draw on approaches ranging from Essex-style discourse theory over critical discourse studies, corpus analysis and linguistic pragmatics, to investigate how historically situated categories such as the people and populism become fixed through local linguistic, textual and narrative practices as well as through wider ideological and discursive patterns"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Imagining populism and the peoples of Europe / Jan Zienkowski and Ruth Breeze

The populist political logic and the discursive construction of 'the people' / Benjamin De Cleen

A dialogue on populism? : a study of intellectual discourse about populism in the Brexit debate in Italy and the UK / Chiara Degano and Federico Sicurella

European populism(s) as a counter-hegemonic discourse? : the rise of Podemos and M5S in the wake of the crisis / Arthur Borriello and Samuele Mazzolini

Islamic conservative populism in Turkey : the case of the AKP / Hariye M. Özen

The articulation of 'the people' in the discourse of Podemos / Nicolina Montesano Montessori and Esperanza Morales López

Building left-wing populism in Denmark : moving far away from the right / Óscar García Agustín

Performing 'the people'? : the populist style of politics in the German PEGIDA-movement / Andreas Önnerfors

The discursive construction of the "people" in European political discourse : semantics and pragmatics of a contested concept in German, French and British parliamentary debates / Naomi Truan

Standing up for 'real people' : UKIP, the Brexit, and online discursive strategies on Twitter / Samuel Thomas Bennett

"The people" in the discourse of the Romanian government and opposition : between populism and the quest for democracy / Raluca Michaela Levonian

The Volk ('people') and its modes of representation by Alternative für Deutschland-AfD ('Alternative for Germany') / Miguel Ayerbe Linares

Measuring people-centrism in populist political discourse : a linguistic approach / Maarten van Leeuwen

Populist discursive strategies surrounding the immigration quota referendum in Hungary / Peter Furko

Concluding remarks : appealing to the people / Ruth Breeze and Jan Zienkowski.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Imagining the peoples of Europe.

ISBN:

9789027203489

9027203482

OCLC:

1112128863