2021
DOI: 10.30950/jcer.v17i2.1186
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‘People like that cannot be trusted’: populist and technocratic political styles, legitimacy, and distrust in the context of Brexit negotiations

Abstract: Debates in and over the European Union (EU) are increasingly characterised as being based in arguments that are either ‘populist’ or ‘technocratic’. As systems of communication, this article argues, populism and technocracy possess dramatically different logics of argumentation, modes of communication and meaning-making, distinct narratives, with appeals to distinct sources of legitimacy. As such, actors adopting either political style construct their identity in a way that seeks to legitimise its own politica… Show more

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“…Beyond these divisions between citizens, sociologists have identified a populist rhetoric in which the EU referendum vote is conceptualised as ordinary citizens lashing out against out-of-touch political elites (Calhoun, 2017). Populism is a political style of communication (Farrand & Carrapico, 2021;Moffitt, 2017), 'an anti-elite discourse in the name of the sovereign People' (Aslanidis, 2016, p. 97). A populist style contains appeals to the people versus the elite, as well as a narrative of crisis, breakdown, or threat (Farrand & Carrapico, 2021;Moffitt, 2017).…”
Section: Britain Brexit and The News Mediamentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Beyond these divisions between citizens, sociologists have identified a populist rhetoric in which the EU referendum vote is conceptualised as ordinary citizens lashing out against out-of-touch political elites (Calhoun, 2017). Populism is a political style of communication (Farrand & Carrapico, 2021;Moffitt, 2017), 'an anti-elite discourse in the name of the sovereign People' (Aslanidis, 2016, p. 97). A populist style contains appeals to the people versus the elite, as well as a narrative of crisis, breakdown, or threat (Farrand & Carrapico, 2021;Moffitt, 2017).…”
Section: Britain Brexit and The News Mediamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Populism is a political style of communication (Farrand & Carrapico, 2021;Moffitt, 2017), 'an anti-elite discourse in the name of the sovereign People' (Aslanidis, 2016, p. 97). A populist style contains appeals to the people versus the elite, as well as a narrative of crisis, breakdown, or threat (Farrand & Carrapico, 2021;Moffitt, 2017).…”
Section: Britain Brexit and The News Mediamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The EU's 'legalistic' and 'technocratic' approach mismatches the current UK government's more populist style, where laws and courts are sometimes framed as obstructing the 'will of the people'. 109 Hence, rather than being conducive to ensuring compliance, the EU's strategy supplies politicians and media in the UK with fresh ammunition about 'foreign judges' and the EU 'bullying' 110 the UK, thus vindicating proponents of Brexit.…”
Section: Theoretical Perspectives: Economic Costs Reputation and Cont...mentioning
confidence: 99%