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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The defeat of inclusionary populism in Greece: what happens next?
The neo-colonial logic of the EU has helped trigger the formation of inclusionary populism in Greece once again. But...
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Published in: HomePopulism is also ordinary
Populism is something like an inevitable symptom of the innate limits that are constitutive of liberal democracies.
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Published in: HomeInstitutionalizing populism
A ‘national conversation’ about important matters is becoming almost impossible under these circumstances. Half the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe populist moment
The 'demos', the sovereign people, has been declared a 'zombie' category and this is why we now live in...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Populism, nationalism and transnationalism
An interview with Benjamin de Cleen, Assistant Professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, on nationalism vs populism...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBrexit and the rise of populism
Populist nationalisms are replacing social democracy and Christian democracy across Europe. But we cannot, and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Are Syriza progressive reformers or cynical populists?
Syriza's approach to both European and domestic issues has shown the party more interested in power and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Populism in Europe: a primer
EU President Herman van Rompuy has called populism "the greatest danger for Europe". But what exactly is populism?...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The gardener, the grapes and the thorns: the backbone of Europe's future
Populism is now in an orbit of frontal collision with European and national institutions of democracy as developed...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Five Star Movement’s natural ally in Strasbourg is Podemos
Beppe Grillo doesn’t suffer fools gladly – why did he ally with UKIP then?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Viktor Orban and the rise of the populist right...right?
Viktor Orban, like European populists in general, is neither of the right nor the left. He is a child of both.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Creating the people: an interview with Aurelien Mondon on populism
Populism is a political style whereby the populist creates her/his ‘people’ according to her/his ideological goals....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Far-right violence in Greece: an effective response
More democracy and power to the people is a good starting point. Democracy is not weak or defenseless in Greece and...
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Published in: HomeNaming the political game in Turkey: populism
Turkey elected its first president through direct suffrage; so what can we expect now? It is populism that is...
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Published in: TransformationA gay Marxist meets the Tea Party in California
Is the fabled “center-ground” of politics worth striving for if the real beneficiary is crony capitalism? This is...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRussell Brand, populism and a collapsing centre
Russell Brand said nothing unusual in his interview with Jeremy Paxman and yet it's been watched over 9m times and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Greek modern populism in its European context
The new composition of the European Parliament after the elections in 2014 is expected to be rather different. It is...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Populism, its opposites, and its contentious relationship with democracy
The recent Eurocrisis has shown a fact that is relatively obvious for observers of Latin American and US politics,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Wrocław is afraid: an experiment in the European Capital of Culture 2016
What happened when two teachers from one of the biggest and most populated cities in Poland, decided to put...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Populism, anti-populism and European democracy: a view from the South
Isn’t it time to start dissecting the extremism of this ‘moderate centre’? Is it not the duty of every truly...