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Populism as mainstream politicians’ political style during the 2012 Greek election campaign

Kantara, Argyro 2020. Populism as mainstream politicians’ political style during the 2012 Greek election campaign. Kranert, Michael, ed. Discursive Approaches to Populism Across Disciplines: The return of Populists and the People, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 405-431. (10.1007/978-3-030-55038-7_15)

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Abstract

The present chapter provides micro-analytic evidence for the definition of populism as a political style, and mainstream populism, by discussing the ways in which Greek mainstream political party leaders construct their populist political style as well as the role journalists’ talk plays in the legitimatization of politicians’ populist performances. Examining both interlocutors’ talk-in-interaction in one-on-one interviews broadcast during the Greek 2012 election campaigns, it is argued that: (1) when challenged, mainstream Greek political party leaders exhibit interactional “bad manners” by means of using conversational violence to attack journalists. In that way, features of (extreme) right-wing politicians’ talk are appropriated and normalized as mainstream; (2) Greek journalists, by neutralizing violence done by politicians, assist the latter in building their populist political style and co-legitimatize populist performance.

Item Type: Book Section
Date Type: Published Online
Status: Published
Schools: Modern Languages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 978-3-030-55037-0
Last Modified: 14 Jun 2022 08:31
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/137042

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