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dc.contributor.advisorTønnesson, Stein
dc.contributor.authorDimitrakopoulos, Nikolaos
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-24T09:11:49Z
dc.date.available2023-10-24T09:11:49Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-15
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the use of the signifier "populism" in the political discourse of New Democracy, Greece's ruling party, and attempts to connect it to broader political and ideological antagonisms and goals. Specifically, the study focuses on a 42-month period during which three significant consecutive crises occurred and attempts to identify the specific meanings and functions that "populism" acquired as a signifier within their respective contexts. By using certain analytical and theoretical tools developed by Laclau and Mouffe's Discourse Theory, the analysis examines the correlation of the signifier "populism" to notions such as "extremism," "responsibility," "science," and "democracy" and argues that it emerged as an empty signifier capable of accommodating a variety of different or even contradictory meanings while also equivalentially linking various political forces with each other. Finally, the study discusses certain political and analytical problematic aspects of this discursive practice and examines potential implications deriving from this anti-populist repertoire towards Greek democratic politics.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/31619
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universiteten_US
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDSVF-3901
dc.subjectpopulismen_US
dc.subjectanti-populismen_US
dc.subjectpolitical discourseen_US
dc.subjectdiscourse theoryen_US
dc.subjecthegemonyen_US
dc.subjectGreeceen_US
dc.titleAnti-populism in times of recurring crises An analysis of ‘New Democracy’s political discourseen_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen_US


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