Populism and Collective Memory

This book shows that short-term factors linked to levels of corruption, economic situation, and quality of democracy, interact with long-term cultural elements and collective memories in determining the social acceptability of right-wing populist discourses.

Luca Manucci is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Lisbon, Portugal. He obtained his PhD at the University of Zurich, where he worked at the Department of Political Science.

Introduction: Populism and Fascist Legacies 1. Taxonomy of a Chameleon: The Populist Idea of Power 2. The Natural Habitat of Populism: Favourable Conditions and Triggers 3. Populism, Collective Memory, and Stigma of the Fascist Past 4. Methodology: Measuring Populism and Testing Its Social Acceptability 5. Populism in Eight West European Countries since the 1970s 6. Collective Memory and Fascist Legacies in Western Europe 7. Explaining Populism "The Usual Way" 8. The Effect of Fascist Legacies on Populism Conclusions