Major Directions in Populism Studies: Is There Room for Culture?

The article highlights the absence of a cultural dimension in the academic literature of populism and advocates in favor of studying grassroots social movements as the primary milieu where culture interacts with populist mobilization. Beginning with an original classification of existing schools of thought on populism that uses the historical figure of William Jennings Bryan as a conceptual yardstick, it moves on to lay out a framework for cultural analysis through the lens of collective action frame theory, based on an understanding of populism as a discursive mode of political identification

Economic crisis and the variety of populist response: Evidence from Greece, Portugal, and Spain

Greece, Portugal and Spain are among the countries worst hit by the 2008 Great Recession, followed by significant electoral and political turmoil. However, one of the dimensions in which they differ is the presence and varieties of populism in parties’ political proposals. Drawing on holistic coding of party manifestos, we assess the varying presence of populist rhetoric in mainstream and challenger parties before and after the 2008 economic downturn. Our empirical findings show that populism is much higher in Greece compared to Spain and Portugal. We do not find a significant impact of the crisis as the degree of populism remains rather stable in Greece and Portugal, while it increases in Spain, mainly due to the rise of new populist forces. The study confirms that populist rhetoric is a strategy adopted mainly by challenger and ideologically radical parties. In addition, inclusionary populism is the predominant flavour of populist parties in new Southern Europe, although exclusionary populism is present to a lesser extent in the Greek case. We contend that the interaction between the national context – namely the ideological legacy of parties and the main dimensions of competition – and the strategic options of party leadership is crucial for explaining cross-country variation in the intensity of populism and the specific issues that characterise populist discourse

Major Directions in Populism Studies: Is There Room for Culture?

The article highlights the absence of a cultural dimension in the academic literature of populism and advocates in favor of studying grassroots social movements as the primary milieu where culture interacts with populist mobilization. Beginning with an original classification of existing schools of thought on populism that uses the historical figure of William Jennings Bryan as a conceptual yardstick, it moves on to lay out a framework for cultural analysis through the lens of collective action frame theory, based on an understanding of populism as a discursive mode of political identification

Major Directions in Populism Studies: Is There Room for Culture?

The article highlights the absence of a cultural dimension in the academic literature of populism and advocates in favor of studying grassroots social movements as the primary milieu where culture interacts with populist mobilization. Beginning with an original classification of existing schools of thought on populism that uses the historical figure of William Jennings Bryan as a conceptual yardstick, it moves on to lay out a framework for cultural analysis through the lens of collective action frame theory, based on an understanding of populism as a discursive mode of political identification.<br /

Populism in Eastern and Southeastern Europe.

Διπλωματική εργασία--Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2011.A study on the theory of populism and its manifestation in Eastern Europe in comparison to the West

Occupy τον λαϊκισμό: κοινωνικά κινήματα της μεγάλης ύφεσης σε συγκριτική μελέτη

The thesis performs a comparative analysis of Great Recession movements, arguing that they were part of a great populist cycle of mobilization.Η διατριβή αναλύει συγκριτικά τα κινήματα της Μεγάλη Κρίσης για να καταλήξει ότι αυτά αποτέλεσαν έκφανση ενός γενικότερου λαϊκιστικού κύκλου κινητοποίησης

Evolving Greek Politics Amidst the Crisis: Destination unknown

We have all come to refer to it simply as the “Greek Crisis,” but it is a long-term, multi-actor national drama with important, even perilous, consequences for the EU and the euro zone. In this concise article, written shortly after the elections of May 2012, we begin with a somewhat impressionistic description of the dimensions of the crisis, then move on to examine the specific repercussions for Greek politics, and, finally, offer an assessment of both the outcome of the elections and possible directions going forward

Occupy τον λαϊκισμό: κοινωνικά κινήματα της μεγάλης ύφεσης σε συγκριτική μελέτη.

Η βιβλιοθήκη διαθέτει αντίτυπο της διατριβής σε έντυπη μορφή.Διατριβή (Διδακτορική)--Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας, Θεσσαλονίκη, 2015.Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφικές αναφορές (σ. 175-205).035/2015The thesis performs a comparative analysis of Great Recession movements, arguing that they were part of a great populist cycle of mobilization.Η διατριβή αναλύει συγκριτικά τα κινήματα της Μεγάλη Κρίσης για να καταλήξει ότι αυτά αποτέλεσαν έκφανση ενός γενικότερου λαϊκιστικού κύκλου κινητοποίησης