33 min.
Democracy, Populism, and the Myth of Rational Politics RevDem Podcast
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- Politiek
In this conversation with Lorena Drakula, Yannis Stavrakakis – author of the new Research Handbook on Populism and the book Populist Discourse. Recasting Populism Research – discusses the past and future of populism research; analyzes the outdated stereotypes that shape the political role of the ‘populist’ label; and
argues for returning passions to the very core of democratic representation.
Yannis Stavrakakis is a Professor of Political Science at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and director of
the Laboratory for the Study of Democracy. He was one of the founding co-conveners of the Populism Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association (UK) and also directed the POPULISMUS Observatory.
In this conversation with Lorena Drakula, Yannis Stavrakakis – author of the new Research Handbook on Populism and the book Populist Discourse. Recasting Populism Research – discusses the past and future of populism research; analyzes the outdated stereotypes that shape the political role of the ‘populist’ label; and
argues for returning passions to the very core of democratic representation.
Yannis Stavrakakis is a Professor of Political Science at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and director of
the Laboratory for the Study of Democracy. He was one of the founding co-conveners of the Populism Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association (UK) and also directed the POPULISMUS Observatory.
33 min.