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Populist Discourse: Recasting Populism Research offers a refreshingly innovative discourse theory perspective on populist phenomena. Reading this book will help you familiarize yourself with the historical genealogy of significant populist phenomena from the end of the 19th century onwards and with the main conceptual/theoretical accounts established to analyse them. Mainstream conceptualizations of populism in both academia and public discourse are critically discussed in order to map new, promising avenues for research. Inspired by the works of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe, the book addresses current challenges within populism research and highlights the new directions that a conceptually nuanced, theoretically rigorous and historically informed discursive orientation can contribute to the contemporary study of populism. Without sacrificing attention to detail, strong bibliographical support and a focus on the future development of populism research, Populist Discourse is written in accessible language to engage populism scholars, advanced undergraduates and graduate-level students within the field of political science. Due to its interdisciplinary character, it will also appeal to readers associated with various politically informed area studies and the broader field of ideology and discourse analysis.

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The Populist ‘Scandal’ is a thoughtful and timely engagement with the phenomenon of populism. Yannis Stavrakakis dispels widespread misconceptions about populism and charts new directions for thinking about populism's relationship to democracy. None of the many books on populism written over the last decade exhibit the historical sensibility, empirical sensitivity, and analytical sharpness on display in The Populist ‘Scandal.’ A must read for scholars and the wider public as well. John P. McCormick, University of Chicago The Populist 'Scandal' provides a bracing assessment of populism studies, offering an accessible and original account of developments in this field since populism first burst onto the political scene. As one of the leading scholars of the Essex School, Stavrakakis nails discourse theory firmly onto the map of contemporary populism research. He finally delivers the first comprehensive and authoritative book-length treatment of its kind since Laclau's On Populist Reason, bound to become a standard scholarly reference for years to come. Jason Glynos, University of Essex

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Yannis Stavrakakis studied political science in Athens (Panteion) and Essex. He has worked at the universities of Essex and Nottingham before taking up a position at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2007, where he currently directs the Postgraduate Programme in Political Theory and the Laboratory for the Study of Democracy. His research focuses primarily on contemporary political theory (with emphasis on psychoanalytic and post-structuralist approaches) and on the analysis of ideology and discourse in late modern societies (with emphasis on populism and anti-populism). He was one of the founding co-conveners of the Populism Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association (UK) and directs the POPULISMUS Observatory: www.populismus.gr.

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