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The populist politics of Euroscepticism in times of crisis

A framework for analysis

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ID7973538
AuthorsAndrea L P Pirro (0000-0002-0111-4865, corresponding author), Andrea LP Pirro, Paul Taggart (0000-0002-1535-3015)
Year2018
Volume38
Issue3
Pages253-262
Publication date2018-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-3268 • E-ISSN: 1467-9256
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0263395718770579
OpenAlexW2789408816
LanguageEN
Citations received69
References cited36

The European Union has been recently exposed to the multiple shocks of the Great Recession, the migrant crisis, and Brexit. Populist parties have been, either directly or indirectly, considered the principal beneficiaries of these crises in light of their Eurosceptic profiles. In this introductory article, we lay out the conceptual and analytical tools necessary to identify populist Eurosceptic actors, and systematically tackle the under-explored link between populist Eurosceptic framing and the unfolding of the different European crises. While we provide a framework to assess (alleged) changes in the framing of these parties, we also contend that these parties may have released effects in the political process by conditioning shifts in the positions on Europe of their mainstream competitors. In doing so, we define a set of possible interactive scenarios

Brexit · Competitor analysis · Economics · European union · Framing (construction · International trade · Law and economics · Mainstream · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Sociology · Terrorism · Violent extremism · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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