A01=Catherine Fieschi
anti-establishment
Author_Catherine Fieschi
Brexit
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climate of opinion
cultural dynamics
elites
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fake news
Five Star Movement
Front National
globalization
political discourse
political ideologies
populism
post-truth
social media
technoculture
UKIP
Product details
- ISBN 9781788210249
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2019
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Populism has become a significant feature of mature democracies in the twenty-first century and the rise of populist parties is proving a powerful and disruptive force. Catherine Fieschi offers a comparative analysis of the rise of populist parties in France, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK in the context of major digital and political transformations. Populism is effective, Fieschi shows, because it originates from within the democratic tradition and has been able to turn some of democracy’s key strengths against it – what she calls Jiu-jitsu politics. Populism needs to be understood not simply as a response to globalization by the “disillusioned” or “left behind”, but as a consequence of the digital revolution on our political and democratic expectations. She demonstrates how new dynamics unleashed by social media – the fantasy of radical transparency, the demand for immediacy and the rejection of expert truth and facts – have been harnessed by populism, enabling it to make unprecedented inroads into our political landscapes.
Catherine Fieschi is founder and executive director of Counterpoint, a research consultancy that focuses on the social and cultural drivers of political dynamics. Her publications include Fascism, Populism and the French Fifth Republic and numerous articles and pamphlets.
