Overview
- Provides a nuanced portrayal of science, allowing for the analysis of similarities and differences in different fields
- Includes research on Europe as a political actor as well as an analysis of country-based and comparative case studies
- Analyses case studies from Denmark, France, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Germany and the USA
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology (PSEPS)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book provides the first systematic and comparative analysis of the intersections of populism and science in Europe, from the perspective of political sociology.
Populism is the object of rich scholarly debate over its definition and the best way to approach its study. But until now, little attention has been paid to the relationships between populism and science. Recently, the Covid-19 crisis has exposed the contradictions in this relationship, and this book combines an analysis of the theoretical aspects of the relationship between populism and science with rigorous empirical research.
The theoretical perspectives show populism as a thin-ideology, as discourse and performance, and as a political logic, consider both right-wing and left-wing populism, and focus on leaders as well as citizens. The book also offers an overview of controversies within different fields of ‘science’, including case studies on food science, climate change, vaccination, gender theory, COVID-19, and environmental issues.The book will be of interest to scholars and students of a number of social science disciplines, including political sociology, political science and political psychology.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Alberta Giorgi is Assistant professor of Sociology of culture and communication at the University of Bergamo, Italy, and chair of the Research Network Political Sociology of the European Sociological Association.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Populism and Science in Europe
Editors: Hande Eslen–Ziya, Alberta Giorgi
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97535-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-97534-0Published: 19 May 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-97537-1Published: 20 May 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-97535-7Published: 18 May 2022
Series ISSN: 2946-6016
Series E-ISSN: 2946-6024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 302
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Sociology, Social Sciences, general, Sociology, general