The Faces of Contemporary Populism in Western Europe and the US

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. From UKIP to Brexit: The Right-Wing Populist Surge in the UK

   • Karine Tournier-Sol

   Pages 1-22

3. The Brexit Referendum: How Eurosceptic Populism Transformed UK Politics

   • Charles Dick, Chris Gifford

   Pages 23-41

4. The Populist Slur: Delegitimising Popular Grievances

   • Emma Bell

   Pages 43-60

5. Is Podemos a Populist Party? an Analysis of Its Discourse and Political Strategy

   • Mathieu Petithomme

   Pages 61-78

6. AfD and FPÖ: Rejection of Immigration—The Basis of a Common National-Populist Identity?

   • Patrick Moreau

   Pages 79-127

7. Populism and Religion in the Lega’s Discourse and Policies

   • Luca Ozzano

   Pages 129-146

8. Populist Rhetorics: A Linguistic Analysis of a “Mentality” of Italian Politics in Republican Italy

   • Loredana Ruccella

   Pages 147-163

9. Economic Populist Attitudes in Western Europe and the United States

   • Gilles Ivaldi, Oscar Mazzoleni

   Pages 165-180

10. Conservative Populism and the American Welfare State Since the 1960s

    • Tamara Boussac

    Pages 181-201

11. The Tea Party Movement in Pennsylvania: A New Brand of Populism?

    • Marion Douzou

    Pages 203-216

12. Religion, a Significant Factor in Donald Trump’s Populism?

    • Marie Gayte

    Pages 217-238

13. The Populist Challenge to Foreign Policy: A Transatlantic Perspective

    • Maya Kandel

    Pages 239-257

14. Back Matter

    Pages 259-264

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This edited book aims to contribute to the political science scholarship on populism by focusing on the contemporary manifestations of populism in light of the current context. Populism has gone global, with populist parties gaining considerable ground, particularly in the last decade: populists are now in government in almost every part of the globe. In so doing, this book not only takes stock of the previous work on populism, but also builds upon it to further deepen our understanding of the phenomenon and take research forward. The authors explore different facets of the most recent manifestations of populism, trying to engage in new avenues as suggested by recent and authoritative academic work. The approach is comparative and multi-dimensional, with a cross-regional focus on Western Europe and the USA. The 12 contributions gathered in this book address a wide spectrum of aspects, many of which are largely understudied.

• Populism
• Brexit
• Trump
• populist
• left-wing populism
• radical-right
• foreign policy
• Religion
• The Tea Party
• American welfare state
• political rhetoric
• Lega Party
• Podemos
• Austrian political system
• French 2017 elections
• Brexit referendum
• UKIP
• Populism and Media
• Labour Party
• Jeremy Corbyn
• us politics

​“This book will surely act as a pathway for further research in the domain of populism and is certainly a must-read for anyone who wants to better understand trends in modern politics where far-right populism has increasingly led to the degeneration of welfare systems and also the deregulation of economies.” (Ambreen Yousuf, Insight Turkey, Vol. 24 (4), 2022)

• University of Toulon, La Garde, France

  Karine Tournier-Sol, Marie Gayte

Marie Gayte is an Associate Professor of US Studies at the University of Toulon, France. In 2018 she co-edited Catholic and US Politics after the 2016 Election: Understanding the Swing Vote, also with Palgrave Macmillan.



Karine Tournier-Sol is an Associate Professor of British politics at the University of Toulon, France. With Chris Gifford, she co-edited The UK Challenge to Europeanization: The Persistence of British Euroscepticism (Palgrave, 2015). Her most recent book is Prendre le large : le UKIP et le choix du Brexit (2017).

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