Maiguashca, B and Dean, J orcid.org/0000-0002-1028-0566 (2019) Corbynism, populism and the re-shaping of left politics in contemporary Britain. In: Katsambekis, G and Kioupkiolis, A, (eds.) The Populist Radical Left in Europe. Routledge Advances in European Politics . Routledge , London, UK , pp. 145-167. ISBN 9781138744806
Abstract
This chapter analyses the relevance of ‘populism’ for understanding the movement surrounding UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Following a general mapping of the contours of Corbynism, we ask whether, from the point of view of a Laclau-inspired discursive approach, Corbynism can meaningfully be described as populist. We suggest that Corbynism can only accurately be described as populist if one were to stretch the meaning of populism so far as to render it virtually meaningless. Consequently, in the final part of the chapter, we offer a theoretical critique of the general trend towards ‘conceptual overstretching’ that one finds in the populism scholarship.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 selection and editorial matter, Giorgos Katsambekis and Alexandros Kioupkiolis; individual chapters, the contributors. This is an author produced version of a book chapter published in The Populist Radical Left in Europe. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Leverhulme Trust Not Known |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Oct 2018 13:29 |
Last Modified: | 08 Jun 2022 08:22 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Series Name: | Routledge Advances in European Politics |
Identification Number: | 10.4324/9781315180823-8 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:137098 |