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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Populist snapshots: Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) in the European Parliament
This article looks at the basic framing devices of the Austrian Freedom Party's rhetoric in the European parliament,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Shaping the vote: politics and populism in the media
Does media coverage of issues like immigration, the economy and political scandal exacerbate or merely reflect...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Populist snapshots: Front National (FN) in the European Parliament
This article looks at the basic framing devices of France's Front National rhetoric in the European parliament, and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Social democracy in Norway’s culture wars
An exploration of the various elements of Norwegian culture that have over time fostered a deep-rooted...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Populist snapshots: UKIP (UK) in the European Parliament
This article looks at the basic framing devices of UKIP rhetoric in the European parliament, and some of their...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?We need to talk about Europe
Why are populist movements and parties appealing to increasing numbers of voters? We discuss the main traits of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Populist snapshots: Movimento 5 Stelle (Italy)
This excerpt is taken from the encounter between Beppe Grillo and Matteo Renzi on 19 February. Commentary follows.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The populist appeal – bottom-up perspectives: Dealing with ‘reasonable accommodation’ at the local level in the French Republic
Counterpoint presents excerpts from its citizen consultations in three parts of France where either the Front...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The populist appeal – bottom-up perspectives: Finland and the loss of moral values
These are extracts from citizen consultations in Kuopio, regional centre of 100,000 inhabitants in the middle of a...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The populist appeal – bottom-up perspectives: the Netherlands, a view from the south
These extracts draw on citizen consultation in Maastricht, the capital city of Limburg, a southern region of the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Populist snapshots: Lega Nord (Italy)
This excerpt is from a debate in the European Parliament referring to the expiry on 1 January 2014 of temporary...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The populist appeal – bottom-up perspectives: The ‘Participation Society’ of the Netherlands
These remarks, extracted from a meeting with citizens in Leidsche Rijn, confirm findings that only 20% of Dutch...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The populist appeal – bottom-up perspectives: Finland's biggest problems
The small city of Kouvola lies in forests where once the paper industry thrived. Recently, the region has suffered...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Populist snapshots: this week’s exchange in the European Parliament
An excerpt from the debate on discriminatory internet sites and government reactions (March 13, 2012, Strasbourg),...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The conspiratorial mindset in Europe
Scepticism is healthy for democracy, but not when it degenerates into belief in conspiracy theories. Dieudonné and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Machismo on the move
The shifting experience of masculinity is connected to the rise of populist politics in Finland.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A different kind of populism
Does Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement belong to the political family that ranges from the French National Front to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Reframing Europe in unfriendly times
The EU must move fast and persistently to convince potential voters to gain confidence in its relevance and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The failure of political consumerism
When the parties claim that they hear what the public is saying about, say, immigration, the public knows it is...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Who’s afraid of the populist wolf?
Populism may not be entirely coherent (what ideology is in its lived form?) but it has a consistent logic, and a...