Populism Analytical Tools to Unearth the Roots of Euroscepticism

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7973099
AutoresJavier José Olivas Osuna (0000-0002-9877-8480)
Año2025
Volumen23
Número2
Páginas643-654
Fecha de publicación2025-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolitical Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1478-9299 • E-ISSN: 1478-9302
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/14789299231201075
OpenAlexW4387457603
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas32

Populist leaders around the globe magnify pre-existing frustrations and dramatise crises to erode confidence in elites and institutions. They adapt their othering and blame attribution discourses to specific geographical realities to take advantage of local problems and prejudices. Most Eurosceptic parties apply a similar populist logic of articulation simplifying political problems, morally delegitimising their political adversaries and supranational institutions, appealing to an idealised and somewhat homogeneous notion of society as well as presenting popular sovereignty as threatened by Brussels and mainstream parties. Populism literature has developed theories and measurement tools that are very useful to explain the emergence of Eurosceptic movements and to what extent their narratives resonate with citizen’s pre-existing attitudes and/or contribute to shaping them. This article shows the value of using populism as an epistemic framework to analyse Euroscepticism and understand how parties tailor their messages (supply-side) to trigger specific beliefs and behaviours (demand-side) in the inhabitants of different geographic contexts

Blame · Epistemology · Law and economics · Mainstream · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Sociology · Sovereignty · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology