Goyvaerts, Jana and Brown, Katy and Mondon, Aurelien and Glynos, Jason and De Cleen, Benjamin (2024) The Populist Hype (Chapter 44). In: Research Handbook on Populism. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham. ISBN 9781800379695

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Abstract

Going beyond an exclusive focus on populist politics, attention to the signifier ‘populism’ helps elucidate the character and effects of discourses about populism. The aim of this chapter is three-fold. First, we foreground the pivotal role played by politics, media, academia and their dynamic inter-relations in elucidating the character and effects of discourses about populism. Second, we argue that while this has so far been analysed productively in ideological terms, there are good reasons for supplementing these accounts by appealing to factors which go ‘beyond ideology’. Third, we approach the ubiquity of discourses about populism through the concept of ‘populist hype’, showing how its character and ideological effects are a product of processes that go beyond ‘mere’ ideological motivations.

Item Type:	Book Section
Keywords:	Research Handbook; Populism; Political Thought; Populist Hype;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Arts & Humanities > School of English, Media & Theatre Studies > Media Studies
Item ID:	18337
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800379695.00059
Depositing User:	Dr Katy Brown
Date Deposited:	02 Apr 2024 11:55
Journal or Publication Title:	Research Handbook on Populism
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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