The people in the ‘here and now’: populism, modernization and the state in Greece
The term ‘populism’ has gained renewed prominence in Greece during the Eurozone crisis, in both public and academic debates. In this article I conceptualize populism as a discourse of territorial and temporal particularism, which challenges the way a state has been incorporated into the internationa...
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| description | The term ‘populism’ has gained renewed prominence in Greece during the Eurozone crisis, in both public and academic debates. In this article I conceptualize populism as a discourse of territorial and temporal particularism, which challenges the way a state has been incorporated into the international political and economic system. Based on this definition, I question whether oppositional discourses employed by partisan actors or official power are wholesale and genuine expressions of populism. Thus, I contest the notion that Greece failed due to populism. Instead I draw attention to a failure in the official legitimation of modernization by state elites that long preceded the crisis. |
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| spelling | oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:51822019-10-14T15:21:35Z http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/5182/ The people in the ‘here and now’: populism, modernization and the state in Greece Chryssogelos, Angelos 300 Social sciences 320 Political science The term ‘populism’ has gained renewed prominence in Greece during the Eurozone crisis, in both public and academic debates. In this article I conceptualize populism as a discourse of territorial and temporal particularism, which challenges the way a state has been incorporated into the international political and economic system. Based on this definition, I question whether oppositional discourses employed by partisan actors or official power are wholesale and genuine expressions of populism. Thus, I contest the notion that Greece failed due to populism. Instead I draw attention to a failure in the official legitimation of modernization by state elites that long preceded the crisis. SAGE Publications 2017-09-07 Article PeerReviewed text en https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/5182/3/Chryssogelos_Populism-in-Greece_IPSR_2017.pdf Chryssogelos, Angelos (2017) The people in the ‘here and now’: populism, modernization and the state in Greece. International Political Science Review, 38 (4). pp. 473-487. ISSN 0192-5121 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0192512117702524 10.1177/0192512117702524 |
| spellingShingle | 300 Social sciences 320 Political science Chryssogelos, Angelos The people in the ‘here and now’: populism, modernization and the state in Greece |
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| title_short | The people in the ‘here and now’: populism, modernization and the state in Greece |
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