New political actors and discourses in Europe after the great recession: populism, radicalism, and sovereignism

Abstract

[EN] This collection of articles addresses a topic that, although widely discussed and analysed in social sciences in recent decades, remains an elusive and complex political phenomenon. Additionally, the interactions between populism and other political manifestations, such as radicalism or sovereignty, have not been sufficiently analysed. The relationship among the three concepts constitutes the focus of this research, which considers the new political actors and discourses that have emerged in European politics since the economic crisis of 2008. In this sense, the main contribution of this thesis is to link the three political manifestations through a variety of methodological approaches in a comparative perspective that allows for a detailed analysis of them. Thus, this dissertation highlights the importance of going beyond studies of populism to examine the role of other political manifestations related to it in the new political actors and discourses. These research works represent innovative contributions to the study of populism from different perspectives.