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Populism(s): Theoretical Issues and empirical Analysis

Populisme(s): Enjeux theoriques et analyses empiriques

Responsible Faculty: Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (SSP)

Teacher(s): Oscar Mazzoleni

Validity: 2019 -> 2021

Course Timetable (Weekly)

Date Location Notice Topics Lecturer(s)
2019/2020 : Wednesday 08:30-10:00 (Weekly) Internef/231     Oscar Mazzoleni, Grégoire Yerly
2019/2020 : Wednesday 10:15-12:00 (Weekly) Internef/231     Oscar Mazzoleni

Seminar

Spring semester
4 hours per week
56 hours per semester
Weekly
Teaching language(s): French
Public: Yes
Credits: 0

Content

This seminar aims to familiarize with the notion of populism with its different uses and manifestations. This notion is involved in a growing interest in the public sphere and in the social and political sciences as a whole. Informed by an interdisciplinary perspective, the seminar will, in the first part, address the historical genealogy of this notion; the main scientific definitions and competing analytical frameworks; the relationship between populism and "related" notions (nationalism, regionalism, sovereignism, etc.); the question of public, political and scientific use of the notion of populism; the advantages and limitations of its use to reflect contemporary discourse, mobilizations and forms of political action. In the second part, the seminar will focus on some theoretical and empirical contributions. Comparative case studies for European countries (including Switzerland) and the United States will be considered. The participants to the seminar will be in charge of reading and discussing texts and/or providing small empirical research. The students' work may focus on the actual theoretical debate or propose an empirical analysis with qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods, using different kinds of source (electoral platforms, political leaders' speeches, opinions and votes of ordinary citizens, etc.). The seminar will be held in French. Good passive skills in English are expected.

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