Where the Real People Meet the Real Elite

Schoor, Carola

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“…Others have been keener to isolate the specificities of each by underlining their political background or ideological lineage. Schoor, for example, argues that Johnson’s brand of populism could be best labelled as a mix of populism and elitism, as will be developed later (Schoor 2019 ). Boris Johnson’s portrayal as a populist was also briefly considered in line with the nature of British Conservatism.…”

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David Cameron, Boris Johnson and the ‘populist hypothesis’ in the British Conservative Party

Alexandre‐Collier

2022

Comp Eur Polit

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Brexit was often associated with a recent upsurge of populism in Western democracies, with the idea of re-engaging with the people being construed as a populist strategy to disengage from Europe. This article seeks to explore the populist hypothesis by stepping outside the dominant literature on populism to take a closer look at Peter Mair's ‘populist democracy’ as applied to two defining moments: David Cameron’s decision to hold a referendum on EU membership and Boris Johnson’s process of implementing Brexit. Mair's notion encompasses two aspects—procedural and substantive populism—which seem to apply to both moments. While Cameron's long leadership (2005–2016) reveals changes in governing practices and party management which have altered the nature of the relationship between the leader and the ‘people’, Boris Johnson’s (2019–) more contemporary leadership can be described as an illustration of a new populist rhetoric in its combination of hard Brexit, anti-immigration and anti-Parliament discourse. Although both leaderships expose ingredients of Mair’s two variants of populism, the ‘populist hypothesis’ does not hold in the light of the type of leaders that Cameron and Johnson have actually turned out to be.

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David Cameron, Boris Johnson and the ‘populist hypothesis’ in the British Conservative Party

Alexandre‐Collier

2022

Comp Eur Polit

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“…anti-Semitism. It had increasingly espoused a Trumpian style of politics ( Schoor 2019), rallying against the " mainstream media" which it accused of disseminating " fake news" and alleging the existence of electoral fraud. It was in this context of ideological differentiation that the FvD opted for a COVID-skeptic strategy, a strategy that became more and more radical throughout the second half of 2020.…”

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Populists and the Pandemic

Rennó¹,

Ringe²

2022

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Populists and the Pandemic examines the responses of populist political actors and parties in 22 countries around the globe to the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of their attitudes, rhetoric, mobilization repertoires, and policy proposals.The responses of some populist leaders have received much public attention as they denied the severity of the public health crisis, denigrated experts and data, looked for scapegoats, encouraged protests, questioned the legitimacy of liberal institutions, spread false information, and fueled conspiracies. But how widespread are those particular reactions? How much variation is there? What explains the variation that does exist? This volume considers these questions through critical analysis of countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa by leading experts with deep knowledge of their respective cases. Some chapters focus on populist parties, others on charismatic populist leaders. Some countries examined are democracies, others autocracies. Some populists are left wing, others right wing. Some populists are in government, others in opposition. This variation allows for a panoramic consideration of factors that systematically influence or mediate populist responses to the pandemic. The book thus makes a unique contribution to our understanding of the intersection between two of the most pressing social and political challenges of our time.The book will be of interest to all those researching populism, extremism, and political parties and those more broadly interested in political science, public policy, sociology, communications, and economics.

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“…Following the ideological matrix of Trumpism and other right‐wing populisms (Máiz, 2021; Schoor, 2019), the TNM articulates nationalism and populism, but it clearly establishes the independence of Texas (Figure 1) as the main solution.…”

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When nationalism beats populism: The secessionist movement in Texas

Pérez‐Boquete

Bello

2022

Nations and Nationalism

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Six members of the Republican Party have presented and supported a House Bill in the Texas House of Representatives proposing a referendum to decide whether Texas should leave the United States. This initiative has been seen as a success by the Texas Nationalist Movement, who has been advocating for Texit for years. Applying frame analysis on an extended corpus of Texas nationalist sympathisers' statements, this article empirically explores the discourse of the Texas Nationalist Movement. The analysis contributes to recent literature on new nationalist movements and shows that Texas nationalism articulates its discourse around a homogeneous and exclusionary national conception based on the need to achieve independence as a solution to the country's problems.

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Where the Real People Meet the Real Elite

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David Cameron, Boris Johnson and the ‘populist hypothesis’ in the British Conservative Party

David Cameron, Boris Johnson and the ‘populist hypothesis’ in the British Conservative Party

Populists and the Pandemic

When nationalism beats populism: The secessionist movement in Texas

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