Populism and the Politicization of the Covid-19 Crisis in Europe

ISBN-13: 9783030660109 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 144 str.

Giuliano Bobba; Nicolas Hubé

Recenzje

"Populism and the Politicization of the COVID-19 Crisis in Europe is a successful discourse analysis of populist parties. The authors' clean organization of these exceedingly difficult and intersecting cases can serve as a useful and trustworthy guide for scholars studying different strategies of right- and left-wing populist parties ... . Along with its scholarly value, the book will be of considerable interest to anybody curious about the populist parties and their reactions in a time of worldwide turmoil." (Alper Çakmak, Insight Turkey, Vol. 24 (1), 2022)

Spis treści

CHAPTER 1 

COVID-19 and Populism: A Sui Generis Crisis

Giuliano Bobba and Nicolas Hubé

CHAPTER 2

UK: Between managed moderation and far-right conspiracy theories

Osman Sahin, and Bogdan Ianosev

CHAPTER 3

Spain: Is ideology back in populist discourse?

Jaume Magre, Lluís Medir, and Esther Pano

CHAPTER 4

Italy: Populist in the mirror, (de)politicizing the COVID-19 from government and opposition

Arturo Bertero, and Antonella Seddone

CHAPTER 5

France: Governmental unpreparedness as a discursive opportunity for populists

Martin Baloge, and Nicolas Hubé

CHAPTER 6

Germany: The AfD’s Staggering between Reason and Resistance

Oliver W. Lembcke

CHAPTER 7

Hungary: Crisis as usual - Populist governance and the pandemic 

Márton Bene, and Zsolt Boda

CHAPTER 8

Czech Republic: Running the State like a Family Business

Ondřej Císař, and Michal Kubát

CHAPTER 9

Poland: ‘If we don't elect the President, the country will plunge into chaos’

Artur Lipiński

CHAPTER 10

Between mitigation and dramatization: The effect of the COVID-19 crisis on populists’ discourses and strategies

Giuliano Bobba and Nicolas Hubé

O autorze

Giuliano Bobba is Associate Professor in the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society and Affiliate at the Collegio Carlo Alberto, University of Turin, Italy.

Nicolas Hubé is Professor in the Centre de Recherche sur les Médiations, University of Lorraine, France.

Blurb

This edited book provides a first overview of how populist parties responded to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis in Europe. Although populism would normally benefit from crisis situations (e.g., political representation or economic crises), the peculiar nature of this health crisis does not make the benefit obvious. For it to be exploited, a crisis must be politicized. While populists have tried to take advantage of the crisis situation, the impossibility of taking ownership of the COVID-19 issue has made the crisis hard to be exploited. In particular, populists in power have tried to depoliticize the pandemic, whereas radical right-populists in opposition tried to politicize the crisis, though failing to gain the relevant public support. This book considers populist parties in eight European democracies, providing a framework of analysis for their responses to the COVID-19 crisis. It does so by engaging with the literature on crisis and populism from a theoretical perspective and through the lens of the politicization process.

Giuliano Bobba is Associate Professor in the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society and Affiliate at the Collegio Carlo Alberto, University of Turin, Italy

Nicolas Hubé is Professor in the Centre de Recherche sur les Médiations, University of Lorraine, France.