Populism and Science in Europe

Introduction. Alberta Giorgi; Hande Eslen-Ziya.-
Part 1. Theory.- Pseudo-science in Populism, Hande Eslen-Ziya.-
The Role of Experts in Populist Politics: an Overview, Liv Sunnercrantz and T. Murat Yildirim.-
The Whirl of Knowledge in Twitter: (anti-)populist hegemony challengers, Emilia Palonen.-
Part 2. The European Level.- The EU's answer to climate populism - Stringent and appropriate?, Thomas Sattich.- Populists' Framings of the COVID-19 Pandemic and their Opponents in the EU Parliament, Carlo Berti and Carlo Ruzza.-
Part 3. National Case Studies.- The anti-vax movement in Spain and in Italy. A reflection on the problematic relationship between science, politics and public opinion in late modernity, Clemente Penalva and Luca Raffini.- Qanon and conspiracy theories - the Italian case, Maria Francesca Murru.-
Populist politics of counterknowledge: anti-gender campaigns in Poland, Elżbieta Korolczuk.- Greenwashing Reactionary Movements. On Populist Instrumentalization of Environmental Issues, Gildas Renou.-
Anti-gender politics as a democratic challenge in Norway's populist moment, Elisabeth Lund Engebretsen.-
Between Populism and Popular Citizenship in Science Conflict, Mette Marie Roslyng.-
Inconvenient truths? Populist epistemology and the case of Portugal, Alberta Giorgi.-
Linking Covid-19-related socio-economic anxieties with right-wing populism: A comparison between Europe and the United States, Gilles Ivaldi and Oscar Mazzoleni

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030975347
• ISBN13: 9783030975340
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"