Populism in Perspective: Many Strategies, Not Populisms

Gözde YILMAZ

doi:https://doi.org/10.17494/ogusbd.952754

Article Details

Populism in Perspective: Many Strategies, Not Populisms

Authors:

Gözde YILMAZ

Publisher:

Eskişehir Osmangazi University

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 2021 Vol.22 Issue 1, pp.77-85

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2021

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000703660

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

2149-9047

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17494/ogusbd.952754

Abstract:

 

In the recent years, populism has become a dominant theme in world politics especially through the debates around the issues like Brexit or 2016 US elections. Despite a number of studies exploring the phenomenon, the literature on populism remains highly fragmented due to the lack of a conceptual framework to start the analysis with a tendency to generate too many populisms (e.g. authoritarian populism, neopopulism, third-world populism). This article starts with this puzzling development in the literature and aims to provide a framework that is applicable to the cases of populism via differentiating strategies of populism from its core features. The article argues that there is no need to invent new populisms in each and every case, but a need to map the concept by referring to the core features of populism and strategies available for the usage by populist politicians.

 

In the recent years, populism has become a dominant theme in world politics especially through the debates around the issues like Brexit or 2016 US elections. Despite a number of studies exploring the phenomenon, the literature on populism remains highly fragmented due to the lack of a conceptual framework to start the analysis with a tendency to generate too many populisms (e.g. authoritarian populism, neopopulism, third-world populism). This article starts with this puzzling development in the literature and aims to provide a framework that is applicable to the cases of populism via differentiating strategies of populism from its core features. The article argues that there is no need to invent new populisms in each and every case, but a need to map the concept by referring to the core features of populism and strategies available for the usage by populist politicians.

Article Details

Populism in Perspective: Many Strategies, Not Populisms

Authors: Gözde YILMAZ

Publisher: Eskişehir Osmangazi University

Main Topics: Sociology and anthropology

Journal: Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 2021 Vol.22 Issue 1, pp.77-85

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 6/2021

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000703660

Frequency: Bi-Annual

eISSN: 2149-9047

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17494/ogusbd.952754

Issues

Authors:

Gözde YILMAZ

Publisher:

Eskişehir Osmangazi University

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 2021 Vol.22 Issue 1, pp.77-85

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2021

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000703660

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

2149-9047

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17494/ogusbd.952754