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Introduction: populist discourses and political communication in Southern Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

Susana Salgado  and
Yannis Stavrakakis
Susana Salgado*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Aníbal Bettencourt 9, 1600-189 Lisboa, Portugal
Yannis Stavrakakis*
Affiliation:
Political Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 46 Egnatia, 54624 Thessaloníki, Greece
*
E-mail: susanapsalgado@gmail.com
E-mail: yanstavr@yahoo.co.uk
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Abstract

This article provides the contextual background to the symposium on Populist Discourses and Political Communication in Southern Europe. It explains the symposium’s objectives and introduces the rationale of its articles on Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain. Within this context, the editors also highlight the specific conditions for the emergence of typical forms of Southern European populism, as well as its distinctive features, focusing on the challenges populism poses to politics and media research. The implications of the phenomenon for the future of the European project are also addressed.

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PopulismSouthern EuropePolitical communicationPolitical discourseItalyGreecePortugalSpain

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European Political Science , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , March 2019 , pp. 1 - 10
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Copyright © 2017 European Consortium for Political Research

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