Lazaridis, G. – To Archeio https://toarcheio.org To Archeio project site Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:51:31 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 Understanding the populist shift: Othering in a Europe in crisis https://toarcheio.org/items/understanding-the-populist-shift-othering-in-a-europe-in-crisis/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:42 +0000 http://arc.local/items/understanding-the-populist-shift-othering-in-a-europe-in-crisis/ Continued]]> During the European elections of 2014, one of the main issues raised by the media was the electoral performance of so called ‘populist parties’. The electorate confirmed its deep dissatisfaction with mainstream political parties, voting for far right parties in parliamentary elections in Northern Europe (Austria, Denmark, Sweden), Eastern Europe (Hungary, where the deeply anti-Semitic Jobbik party gained votes) and in France (where the French National Front won about a quarter of the vote), while in the Southern European countries, battered by austerity policies, it was the radical right and left in Greece (Golden Dawn and Syriza) and the radical left in Spain (Podemos) that obtained excellent scores.

This book examines the growing trend towards far and extreme right populism that has emerged prominently in Northern (Finland), Western (Austria, Denmark, France, the UK), Southern (Greece, Italy) and Central/Eastern Europe (Slovenia, Bulgaria) since the 1990s. Providing a critical understanding of current European trends and analysing the complex phenomena covered by the notion of populism, this book will be of interest to students and scholars researching right-wing politics, as well as European politics more generally.

]]> Securitization of migration and the far right: The case of Greek security professionals https://toarcheio.org/items/securitization-of-migration-and-the-far-right-the-case-of-greek-security-professionals/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:42 +0000 http://arc.local/items/securitization-of-migration-and-the-far-right-the-case-of-greek-security-professionals/ Continued]]> Since the events of 9/11, security concerns have gained unprecedented dominance on western governments’ national and international political agendas; Greece has been no exception. The success or failure of a far right party, like Golden Dawn, depends on the effectiveness of the government to regulate immigration and to develop policies aimed at combating the racism which pervades the political culture of society at this particular juncture, when the country is experiencing severe crisis. The aim is to provide an account of the rationale of the securitization of migration from the perspective of Greek security professionals. We argue that the extreme securitizing perceptions of security professionals have been exploited and assisted by far‐right extremist groups, which instilled racial violence, hate speech/crime into society, resulting in patterned, unreflective, and routinized security practices and discourses which are more in line with the beliefs and values advocated by the extreme right.

]]> Majority identitarian populism in Britain https://toarcheio.org/items/majority-identitarian-populism-in-britain/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:42 +0000 http://arc.local/items/majority-identitarian-populism-in-britain/ Continued]]> Bearing in mind that the focus of all political parties remains the access to political power, they all not only attempt to acquire political power within government, but more importantly work towards its acquisition and maintenance. The paper examines the case of far right populism in three political parties in Greece, the Golden Dawn, LAOS and ANEL. Since 2007 different forms of far right populist parties have managed not only a successful parliamentary representation but also participation in coalition governments. With a realignment of the electorate away from the established political parties, far right populism, with rhetoric on nationalism, extremism, xenophobia and racism has achieved a strong impact. The analysis focuses on monitoring the thread that led to the support of such parties with a challenging level of legitimacy, and aims to propose a sense of a collective identity and a wider understanding of the popularised version of hate crimes in a profoundly entrapped country struggling to overcome a period of economic and socio-political crisis.

]]> Posing for legitimacy? Identity and praxis of far-right populism in Greece https://toarcheio.org/items/posing-for-legitimacy-identity-and-praxis-of-far-right-populism-in-greece/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:42 +0000 http://arc.local/items/posing-for-legitimacy-identity-and-praxis-of-far-right-populism-in-greece/ Continued]]> Bearing in mind that the focus of all political parties remains the access to political power, they all not only attempt to acquire political power within government, but more importantly work towards its acquisition and maintenance. The paper examines the case of far right populism in three political parties in Greece, the Golden Dawn, LAOS and ANEL. Since 2007 different forms of far right populist parties have managed not only a successful parliamentary representation but also participation in coalition governments. With a realignment of the electorate away from the established political parties, far right populism, with rhetoric on nationalism, extremism, xenophobia and racism has achieved a strong impact. The analysis focuses on monitoring the thread that led to the support of such parties with a challenging level of legitimacy, and aims to propose a sense of a collective identity and a wider understanding of the popularised version of hate crimes in a profoundly entrapped country struggling to overcome a period of economic and socio-political crisis.

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